Angel Di Maria says he is “very happy” to be joining Paris St-Germain from Manchester United, a year after the Old Trafford club paid a British record \u00a359.7m for him.<\/p>\n
The Argentina midfielder, 27, had a medical in Qatar on Tuesday ahead of his 63m euro (\u00a344.3m) move.<\/p>\n
He later told beIN Sports: “I am very happy to join Paris St-Germain. They’re very important.”<\/p>\n
Neither club has yet confirmed that the player’s move has gone through.<\/p>\n
Aspetar, a specialist sports hospital in Doha, announced on its Twitter feed on Tuesday that the player was there “for a medical test ahead of a proposed move”.<\/p>\n
Di Maria added: “They made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, so my objective was to arrive to Paris and to help them through the quarter-final barrier, because they have struggled in the past two seasons.<\/p>\n
“I will try to do the best I can to help the club in those objectives and reach the final stages of the Champions League.”
\nDi Maria did not join United on their pre-season tour of America, and manager Louis van Gaal had said he “did not know why”.<\/p>\n
He scored four goals in 32 United appearances after joining from Real Madrid last August.<\/p>\n
The South American started his Old Trafford career well with a goal and an assist in three of his first four games, including a chip in the 5-3 defeat at Leicester.<\/p>\n
But after being played in six different positions, including central midfield and striker, a pelvic injury kept him out for the whole of December.<\/p>\n
Reports that he was unsettled in Manchester followed an attempted break-in at Di Maria’s home in Cheshire, in January.<\/p>\n
He was then sent off in the FA Cup quarter-final defeat by Arsenal on 9 March and did not start another game until the final match of the campaign at Hull, only to limp off with a hamstring injury after 23 minutes.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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