Di Maria insists the No.7 shirt given to him ? worn by club legends such as Eric Cantona and Bryan Robson ? had no special meaning.
At first they talked to me a lot about it... it was just a shirt.
"I didn't give a f*** about the Manchester United No.7," Di Maria said on TyC Sports in a wide-ranging interview.
Former Real Madrid coach Jorge Valdano admits he was blocked from signing Manchester United great Eric Cantona.
Valdano attempted to sign Cantona in 1995 before he was eventually replaced by Fabio Capello as coach.
He told La Galerna: "(Real president Ramon) Mendoza told me that it was an unviable signing.
"It was at that time an emergency economy, although it was curious, because the following year Capello arrived and with him Mijatovic, Suker, Roberto Carlos, Illgner, Panucci appeared plus Seedorf...
"I don't know where the money suddenly came from. Even so, we made a virtue of necessity.
"If Cantona had arrived, the Ra?l phenomenon might not have arisen, because I would have feared making that bet more."
See if this was back in the 90s... united would be going all out to buy him
The only team that?ll do that nowadays in the epl are those;
Like Utd will ever stop spending.
Utd are history now,
conte my join to united?? is that true??
Neville wants Man Utd to overlook Conte: ?I don?t think he?s a fit?
defensive football, based on counter attacking
bit boring all behind the ball 352
early 'english exit' from ucl and focusing on 1 game per week in epl (maybe some trophies).
see many manu fans ready for that.
see many manu fans ready for that.
Cunte with money = unstoppable