Di Maria's Medical.

The link in the OP brings up a picture... look at the state of Balotelli

http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article6152938.ece/ALTERNATES/s510b/Mario-Balotelli-main.jpg

comment by redmisty (U7556)
posted 5 hours, 25 minutes ago
Angel Di Maria has failed his medical with PSG, after doctors found that he had no heart.
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Or balls.

We did not "lose" £15m on him though. We paid £60m for a 5 year contract - i.e. £12m per season. I.e. his value with 4 seasons remaining is £48m
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So if we're selling him for that amount with 4 yrs left, how then did real value him at £59m with a lot less time left on his contract, and a lesser weekly wage?

18:37

DI MARIA MEDICAL

Angel Di Maria's move from Manchester United to Paris St Germain moved a step closer as the Argentina winger underwent a medical in Doha.

The Aspetar sports hospital in Qatar posted pictures on Twitter of Di Maria ahead of his medical.
https://twitter.com/Aspetar
https://twitter.com/Aspetar/media

Did people actually look at the pic in my original post ?

comment by MARLO STANFIELD. Schneiderman. (U7553)
posted 2 minutes ago
Did people actually look at the pic in my original post ?
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I just got a Google Images page, and assumed it was the one of him in the black T-shirt with the 10-year-old sheikh.

It appears to have now disappeared, but in my eyes, it was a funny picture of a Di Maria lookalike smoking a cig and drinking whilst wearing full Sheikh gear. The resemblance was uncanny.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=funny+di+maria+lookalikes&biw=1093&bih=514&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIoZeYiZ6QxwIVMHDbCh3F5g7c#tbm=isch&q=di+maria+looking+relaxed+in+doha&imgrc=xh2GGYAQf3W-YM%3A

I assume someone did see it, as there was a reference to him smoking.

Like you say, an uncanny resemblance.

We did not "lose" £15m on him though. We paid £60m for a 5 year contract - i.e. £12m per season. I.e. his value with 4 seasons remaining is £48m
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So if we're selling him for that amount with 4 yrs left, how then did real value him at £59m with a lot less time left on his contract, and a lesser weekly wage?

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Completely irrelevant. We agreed on a fee of £59m for a 5 year contract. You cannot therefore say that we lost £15m on him - that would only be true if we sold him in the same window in which we signed him.

You are ignoring the fact that he served a year of his contract. You cannot expect that year to be free of charge to United.

This is simple accounting - Ed will have amortised the transfer fee over the 5 year term. This is standard practice.

How Real and United agreed on the price in the first place is irrelevant to this point as it was a completely different set of circumstances.

comment by MARLO STANFIELD. Schneiderman. (U7553)
posted 17 hours, 11 minutes ago
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=funny+di+maria+lookalikes&biw=1093&bih=514&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIoZeYiZ6QxwIVMHDbCh3F5g7c#tbm=isch&q=di+maria+looking+relaxed+in+doha&imgrc=xh2GGYAQf3W-YM%3A
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amazing.