It looks like it’s about to happen Manchester United fans.
Widespread reports tonight suggest the Red Devils have agreed to pay a British record transfer fee of £59.7 million for the 26-year old Argentinean, who arrived in Manchester this evening and should complete his move from Real Madrid tomorrow.
£59.7m – the fee that will take Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid to Man Utd. Official confirmation tomorrow, pending the formalities
— Oliver Kay (@OliverKayTimes) August 25, 2014
MUFC agreed £59.7m fee with Real Madrid for Angel Di Maria, a British transfer record. Fernando, you’re no longer the most expensive …
— Sam Wallace (@SamWallaceIndy) August 25, 2014
Fee agreed between United and Real for Di Maria. United to pay an initial £59.7m.
— Mark Ogden (@MOgdenTelegraph) August 25, 2014
United have had to fork out the cash for a player who expressed a desire to leave the Bernabeu after realising that his place in the first team was threatened by the signing of World Cup stars James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos and while he won’t solve all of the Red Devils’ all too evident ills immediately, his arrival will be widely welcomed by fans who have been crying out for big signings all summer.
If and when Di Maria completes the move, he will replace Fernando Torres as the Premier League’s most expensive signing and, with all due respect to the Spaniard, United supporters will hope that this move turns out a little better than that one did.
