British record buy Angel Di Maria makes £44m Man Utd move to PSG

Coral’s 11/2 Premier League title fourth-favourites Manchester United have sold British record transfer Angel Di Maria, 27, to French Ligue 1 champions PSG for around £44m, taking a £15m hit on the Argentina international.

Di Maria, a Champions League winner with Real Madrid as well as a World Cup and Copa America runner-up with his country, had his Old Trafford exit confirmed by United’s official Twitter account. He has reportedly penned a four-year contract at the Parc des Princes, and will wear the number 11 shirt.

#mufc can confirm the sale of Angel Di Maria to Paris Saint-Germain is complete. We wish him well for the future. pic.twitter.com/CMhuCkvx4g

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 6, 2015

“I am very happy to join Paris St-Germain,” said Di Maria. “They’re very important. They made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, so my objective was to arrive to Paris and to help them through the quarter-final barrier, because they have struggled in the past two seasons.

“I will try to do the best I can to help the club in those objectives and reach the final stages of the Champions League.”

Reports claimed that Di Maria and his family were unsettled in Cheshire after rumours of a burglary to his home. His Old Trafford stay ends after just 12 months in England.

Red Devils boss Louis van Gaal’s £59m move for Di Maria may go down as one of the biggest flops in history, though he initially showed promise.