Welcome to “Vanchester” Angel Di Maria. Manchester United broke the all time British transfer record with a £59.7 million plus add-ons purchase from Real Madrid on Tuesday. on Thursday, Di Maria and Manager Louis van Gaal met the media as we saw the new #7 for the first time.
Here’s video of the first ever images of Angel Di Maria with his new club from a couple days ago:
Here’s the press conference video:
Speaking of Van Gaal and Di Maria, here’s a video reminding us of that classic Holland vs Argentina match-up in the World Cup this past summer:
Van Gaal doesn’t expect Angel Di Maria to hit the ground running! He said: “He has to adapt to the qualities of the team and the team has to adapt to his qualities.”
Van Gaal on Di Maria: “I hope he will give us results but we cannot expect he is the miracle that I am reading about.”
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