Who is Angel di Maria?

You have probably heard this name, because this boy has lately been connected with many big clubs. Several big clubs have already made their offers to the Lisbon „eagles“ but there were no results. Benfica are aware that they have an extremely talented player and that they won’t let him for less than 20 million Euros.

Di Maria is one of the many Argentineans who had a very early debut. He started playing for financially troubled Rosario Central while still 17. They decided to sell him to Rubin Kazan from Russia but the transfer was a travel to the unknown.

Faced with this Argentinean club’s management was furious but it turned out to be good for the club. Di Maria’s fantastic performance on U21 World Cup caught the eye of many scouts. Benfica won in the end and the media announced young player as the heir of Simao Sabrosa, captain of the club who moved to Atletico Madrid.

Di Maria’s position is in the midfield, he is very useful on the left flank, especially in
4-3-3 formation. We have seen him on the Olympics in Beijing. His goals helped Argentina to the semifinals and then he scored for the golden medal against Nigeria.

Inter first wanted Di Maria instead of Quaresma but Benfica refused to sell, waiting for Chelsea’s offer. It is said that Scolari was convincing Abramovich to buy talented player but the blues decided to wait for the next summer.

Few days ago there were speculations that Chelsea are interested again but Argentinean might end up in Real Madrid that intend to get rid of Robben, Sneider, Van der Vaart and Drenthe.

Little angel, as he is called back home is leaving the Estadio da Luz in June. His coach Quiqe Flores recently confirmed that he thinks that it is time for this player to test his skills in a stronger league.

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