Argentine footballer Angel Di Maria, who just lately retired from worldwide responsibility after successful one other Copa America with Argentina, has made a daring revelation about his soccer profession. Regardless of working with many prime managers, Di Maria didn’t hesitate to label Louis van Gaal because the worst supervisor he has ever labored with.
Di Maria, now taking part in for Benfica, made this revelation throughout an interview with ESPN Argentina, the place he was requested to call the very best managers he had labored beneath. With out being prompted, Di Maria took the chance to specific his dissatisfaction with Van Gaal, who managed him throughout his temporary and difficult stint at Manchester United.
“The worst is Van Gaal, of that I can guarantee you indisputably,” Di Maria stated. “Simply to let you realize earlier than you ask. In case you had any doubt, I’ll clear that up for you proper now.”
In 2014, Van Gaal introduced Di Maria to Manchester United from Actual Madrid for a then-British switch report of £59.7 million. Nonetheless, Di Maria struggled to seek out his kind beneath Van Gaal’s administration and was ultimately bought to Paris Saint-Germain for £44 million the next yr. His time at Manchester United stays one of many few low factors in an in any other case stellar profession.
Whereas Di Maria was fast to criticize Van Gaal, he discovered it far more troublesome to decide on the very best managers he has labored with. When requested to choose his prime three, Di Maria struggled to determine, significantly between Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti.
“And after, it’s laborious. I had a variety of coaches. Mourinho, Ancelotti. I performed for thus many good managers that it’s laborious to choose,” Angel Di Maria admitted.
Underneath Ancelotti, Di Maria loved a few of the finest moments of his profession, together with successful the 2011 Copa del Rey, the 2012 La Liga title, and his first and solely UEFA Champions League title with Actual Madrid in 2014.