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Originally Posted by BAIDS
he was one of RMs top performers 12 months ago when they were arguably the best team in the world. why cant he get back to that level?
I think it's down to his off field issues with his house getting broken into. He wasn't the same.
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Originally Posted by kevin21
Because he's really really really good?
Well, he wasn't for the vast majority of last season and had some major brain fart moments as well.
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Originally Posted by Consty
Di Maria likes to play everything going forward and high risk so there's going to be periods of a match where he's giving away cheap ball. Admittedly though some of his crossing was woeful last season.
Some? Check his heat maps? Chalk boards for the last 6 months of last season. Lol stats and no eye test etc but he wouldn't get a game for Celtic with those figures.
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Originally Posted by douglennox
Would be huge for Man U if Dimaria could regain his Real form. I much prefer him on the left of three in midfield rather than wing becauase it allows him to use his amazing stamina, but given united's signings its unlikely he'll play their much.
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Originally Posted by thedeezy
Really don't like giving up on Di Maria after one down year. New culture + house broken into stuff. Like baids has said, if he was **** at the beginning of the year and then had a good end to the year, it wouldn't be talked about it. Form is temporary, class is permanent, etc etc. Guy is a legit top 10 player in the world.
It's slightly different though, maybe I'm reading to much into it but say he and his family don't even get settled and his form stays the same? As soon as the break in happened and he moved into a hotel his overall play took a nose dive.
There is some chatter about £43m from PSG, if we can hold out and get our money back for him at this moment in time I say cut our losses on him and move on.