Thursday, 18th December, 2014
Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has left out club record signing Angel di Maria from his personal five-a-side team.
Di Maria joined the Red Devils for a club record fee of £59.7m this summer from Real Madrid and has been an instant hit with the Old Trafford faithful.
Though currently sidelined with a hamstring concern, the Argentine made a fine start to life in England and scored three goals and provided six assists in his first few months at the club.
Despite Di Maria’s performances, Van Persie decided against picking him and instead went for Radamel Falcao, who is yet to stamp his authority on English football since his arrival in the summer.
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“I will go for David [de Gea] in goal”, Van Persie told the club’s official site.
“I need one defender so I will go with Michael Carrick because he can play in both positions [defence and midfield], then I’ll go for strikers so Wayne [Rooney].
“I’m involved as well? I’m not on the bench?! So me, David, Michael, Wayne and… this is very hard because you have Juan [Mata], you have Di Maria and you have Falcao… I’ll go for Falcao.”
Di Maria has been voted Argentina’s foreign-based Player of the Year by the country’s sports journalists.
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