Di Maria spells out Real antics
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ANGEL di Maria has claimed his former club Real Madrid put pressure on Argentina not to play him in the World Cup final in another bitter chapter in his departure from Spain.
Di Maria joined Manchester United from Real last month for a British record fee of 59.7 million pounds (US$97.45 million) with the Spanish club’s president Florentino Perez saying the winger’s demands for a new contract were too steep.
“There was a letter from Madrid that arrived at 11 in the morning of the match day, we were due to play at 4 in the afternoon... was putting ice on my leg to be in the final,” Di Maria told Argentine radio station America on Friday, suggesting the club did not want him to aggravate a leg injury.
“I tore up the letter as soon as it was given to me and didn’t take any notice of it, I didn’t care what might happen, but it was (coach) Alejandro’s (Sabella) decision,” he said.
“I didn’t want to make any demands of him but I also didn’t want to leave the team a man short five minutes from a very important match.”
Di Maria suffered a leg muscle injury during the 1-0 quarterfinal win over Belgium and took no further part in the tournament.
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