The return of Angel Di Maria had excited not only the fans of Central Rosary, but also to the entire Argentine football environment. He Video He had said repeatedly that he would like to return to the institution that trained him as a professional. However, on March 25 he was threatened in his hometown the night before a friendly match with Costa Rica.
The perpetrators of the threat left a written message and shot at the door of the private neighborhood Funes Hills Miraflores located 15 kilometers west of Rosario and where several of the player’s relatives live. They warned him not to return to the city because it would bring consequences to his loved ones.
This fact stopped the return of the world champion, but Rosario Central does not lower their arms to repatriate him in June when he is released from Benfica, his current club. The ideal of scoundrel would be to bring him to play for six months, just for the final phase of the Libertadores Cupand then give him free rein to go to Inter Miami in 2025 and reunite with Lionel Andres Messi.
Although nothing has been confirmed yet, in Portugal they already take it as a fact. However, the security issue should be resolved first. The team of Miguel Ángel Russo would be in negotiations with AFA and the provincial government to give guarantees to the Video that nothing will happen to him. Some versions say that the ex’s family Real Madrid would live in Miami, while he would live in Buenos Aires and would travel the 300 kilometers from the country’s capital to Rosario.
Once the six months were up, Di María would undertake his trip to Miami to meet his teammate and the rest of the Argentines that make up the team’s roster. The Herons. The team of David Beckham He had already made an attempt for the Benfica player for the season 2023-2024but that move would have exceeded the salary cap imposed by the MLS.
On the 10th of this month to the coach of Inter Miami, Gerardo Martinothey asked him about the possibility of signing the 36-year-old player, to which Tata was clear: “We have a squad that is within the budget requested by the MLS; We have no way of bringing a figure like Di María or any other figure“.
Another of those who referred to the subject was Cristian Kilos González who maintains a very close relationship with Di María. “Let no one have any doubt that He is dying to wear the Central shirt. It is the dream that he has had since he left, and I hope God wants for our club that he can fulfill it.”
Ángel Di María’s numbers
He Video He made his professional debut defending the Rosario Central shirt in 2005 under the orders of DT. Angel Tulio Zof in the 2-2 draw with Independiente. with the institution scoundrel played a total of 36 parties, scored six goals y two assists.
In 2007 he was transferred to Benfica for 6 million euros and played 45 games, scored 10 goals, 19 assists and got a First League and two Portuguese League Cups. After the 2010 World Cup in South Africa he was transferred to Real Madrid where they won La Liga once, a Spanish Super Cup and the Copa del Rey twice.
It was a fundamental piece of the White House to win the Champions League of the 2013-2014 season. With the You meringues He played 190 games, scored 36 goals and 85 assists. His last season in Madrid and the great World Cup he won in 2014 sparked the interest of Manchester United who signed him for the 2014-2015 season.
His time with the English team was not the best of all, he played 32 games, scored four goals and assisted his teammates on 12 occasions. The injuries and an incident of insecurity where thieves broke into his house caused him to leave the English city to go to the Paris Saint Germain.
He arrived at the Parisian institution in mid-2015 and was there until 2022. With PSG played 295 games, scored 93 goals and 119 assists. In the second half of 2022 he signed for Juventus and played there until 2023, scoring eight goals and seven assists in 40 games.
His latest team to date is Benfica who repatriated him after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In his second return with the Portuguese he played 48 games, converted 17 opportunities and gave 15 assists. He only got one title, the Portuguese Super Cup.
Di María in the Argentine National Team
With the albiceleste he made his debut on September 6, 2008 against Paraguay by eliminatory after having won the gold medal in the Beijing Olympics that same year. From there he played 138 games, scored 30 times and assisted 38.
In addition to the gold medal, he won the Copa America 2021 winning the final against Brazil 1-0 with a goal of his own, then he obtained the Conmebol-UEFA Champions Cup in 2022. That match Argentina beat Italy 3-0 and di María scored the second.
The greatest achievement of Video with the national team it happened on December 18, 2022 when he scored the second goal in the final with France in the Qatar World Cup.