7) But it’s at Real Madrid where Di Maria has shone. He has won six major trophies, including the Champions League, scoring 36 goals in 190 appearances. Since joining Madrid he’s moved on too 52 caps for his country, scoring ten times. His time with Argentine has also seen him win an Olympic Gold medal in 2008.
8) Real Madrid wanted to sell the winger last summer, when they splashed out a world-record £80 million for Gareth Bale, but Di Maria refused. His wife Jorgelina, who he married in 2011, had given birth to Mia three months prematurely and the baby was being kept in an intensive care unit at a Madrid hospital.