Man United Battle Man City for £35m Angel: The New Cristiano Ronaldo?
by Christian Bailey on October 29th, 2009 389 words | 8 commentsRivals go head to head for talented youngster.
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Manchester United and Manchester City are reportedly keeping tabs on Benfica star Angel Di Maria.
The Argentina international is considered to be one of the hottest properties of his generation, and his displays for Benfica this season have not gone unnoticed in Europe.
Several top-flight clubs dispatched scouts to observe Di Maria during Benfica’s 5-0 thrashing of Everton in the Europa League on Thursday, and they received excellent reviews on the 21-year-old.
And news daily Record indicates that both United and City will continue checking on Di Maria, who has a valid contract with Benfica until 2015.
The Portuguese club are reluctant to part company with the winger, whom they signed from Rosario Central for €8 million in 2007, before the end of the season, but they will be forced to sell their prized asset should an offer that meets his €40 million buy-out clause be tabled. (Goal.com)
21 year old left winger Angel Di Maria is one of the hottest prospects around at present and helped Argentina to finally secure their place in next summers World Cup with some good displays for his country when they needed it most. Benfica seem keen to get their money’s worth for the attacker and have slapped a huge buy-out clause on his head, but both United and City are cash rich at present and there could be something of a bidding war for the player dubbed by many as the next Cristiano Ronaldo.
Di Maria has helped Benfica to the top of the Portuguese league after an impressive start to the league season and he will be hoping that he can assist the club to lifting the title for the first time in six seasons but will ultimately be looking to move onwards and upwards and would surely jump at the chance of a move to the Premier League.
Man City obviously have limitless wealth, or something very much like it and United have the cash from Ronaldo’s sale to Real Madrid still burning a hole in their pockets so neither side will be so easily scared off by the large sum it will take to capture the up and coming star.
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anonymous - October 29th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
first. and £35 mill for someone who is not very well known is mad!
anonymous - October 30th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Im an Everton fan and ill be the first to say, we couldnt handle him, he is sheer quality and at the tiime i heard Liverpool were intrested so i was biting my nails he wouldnt go there.
anonymous - October 30th, 2009 at 5:19 am
damn, will people quit labelling player after player as the next CR9???
jeez
anonymous - October 30th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
lol di maria is average nothing special how u can mention him in ronaldo’s class is a joke.
and no one should be the next? it creates too much expectation and hype.
Retryboy - October 31st, 2009 at 10:13 am
Ronaldo, tevez… Not been replaced yet Giggs, scholes, van der saar, ferdinand, the pensioner brigade grows at united and they will all need replacing age has got to catch up with them all lot of work in the transfer market but has the alchy got any money left? They were doing 2 for 1 on white lightning at the co-op so probably not!!
anonymous - October 31st, 2009 at 10:41 pm
this guy is amazing. bags and bags of talent and potential. If he is trained correctly he could well be as good as ronaldo
anonymous - November 8th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Benfica reffused 30 million euros from Man City last week. After another victory over Everton, Benfica’s President Vieira had a visit from City in Liverpool offering 30 millions to take the player in January. But Benfica is looking for The Liga title and the winning of Europa Cup and won’t let him go for less the 40 million release clause.
Reds Lewis - November 8th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
its a 35 million euro release clause. which is roughly 31 million pounds I think.
expensive.