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SNEK.

Well certainly some interesting drivel coming out of the sh()t Tahith Chong's mouth regarding his time here along with other subjects.

What a sh()tshow our transfer policy was at that time. My goodness. Makes you appreciate Ole more.

Also. #REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Angel Di Maria has launched an extraordinary attack on his former club Manchester United, claiming he didn’t "give a f***" about taking the club’s famous No.7 shirt number.

The Red Devils shelled out a club-record £59.7million fee to sign the winger from Real Madrid in August 2014. Di Maria proved to be a sound addition at first, scoring a memorable goal against Leicester City and registering 10 assists and three goals in 22 appearances. But the playmaker struggled to adapt to life in Manchester and had trouble settling in with his team-mates after failing to improve his English. His future became uncertain after his house was burgled while he was playing for the club and when Paris Saint-Germain offered £45m to sign the winger, he pushed to leave Old Trafford. Now Di Maria has lifted the lid on his short spell in England and in doing so chose to aim several jibes at his former employers, claiming that the No.7 shirt given to him — worn by club legends such as Eric Cantona and David Beckham — had no special meaning.

"I didn't give a f*** about the Manchester United No.7," Di Maria was quoted telling Libero on TyC Sports in a wide-ranging interview.

“At first they talked to me a lot about it... it was just a shirt."

Di Maria’s disdain for his former coach Louis van Gaal was evident during his nightmare stint in the Premier League and the midfielder singled out the Dutchman for criticism.

"My problem at Manchester was the coach," he added. “Van Gaal was the worst of my career.

“I would score, assist, and the next day he would show me my misplaced passes.

“He displaced me from one day to the other, he didn't like players being more than him."

Unlike Di Maria, Cristiano Ronaldo will be keen to get back the No.7 shirt that once belonged to him having returned to the club this summer after 12 years away. The pair were team-mates for four years at Real Madrid, meaning that few know the Portuguese superstar better. And Di Maria made a surprise revelation about Ronaldo’s character after he had asked his friend to attend his birthday party back in 2010.

"I invited Cristiano to my first birthday in Madrid and thought he wouldn't show up," he said.

“He came and drank beer with my friends like it was nothing."

"Ronaldo and a few more fought for me to stay in the club but with that little guy [Real president Fiorentino Perez] running things there, it was a bit difficult."

While he didn't get along with Van Gaal, Di Maria reserved some special praise for Jose Mourinho, who brought him to Madrid from Benfica 11 years ago. When asked about life working under the former Chelsea, Tottenham and Man United boss, Di Maria was full of praise the 58-year-old and also told how he came to blows with Ronaldo at the Santiago Bernabeu.

"Mourinho is insane," he said. “With me he was always a good guy.

"He fought with anyone though, he didn't give a f***.

“One time he fought with Ronaldo telling him he didn't run, that everyone ran for him."

posted on 2/9/21

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 29 minutes ago
Feck does this have to do with Chong?
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Nothing at all.

posted on 2/9/21

If Di Maria’s problem was only with LVG then why the frequent, obsessive digs at United? The fans treated him well in his short time here.

posted on 2/9/21

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posted on 2/9/21

So what did Chong say?

Di Maria’s time at United was just a mess, never wanted to leave Real or join us, LVG was mental and didn’t really know how to use him (you could argue he didn’t actually want him) and then his house got burgled with his family still home.

posted on 2/9/21

comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 1 minute ago
So what did Chong say?

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he's saying that adm is "just a sh!t tahith chong"...though all that talk about sh!t and mouths just reminded me of ashley young (and a video i once watched, though no need to get into that).

posted on 2/9/21

1982

I don’t think Chong has said anything. If I had to guess this is the OP’s attempt at Cockney slang humour.

posted on 2/9/21

Maybe it's about Cheech?

posted on 2/9/21

comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
It's fair enough in terms of the shirt. Why would an Argentine, who had no knowledge and didn't care about United's history be giddy over a shirt number?
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Indeed. I don’t really know why anyone is really. Never understood buying a shirt with a players name on it either.

I did it once with the Redskins and the guy got traded the next season.

posted on 2/9/21

The translation looks bad, but that's because the overall language of the interview was a very casual and sweary.

Just listened to it in full. It's about 35 minutes of which United get only a passing mention, mostly when he's asked about his different managers and Van Gaal comes up. He didn't have a dig at United as such, other than saying he was told that he needed to talk about the shirt and that it was something that wasn't that important to him. It's clearly Van Gaal he couldn't stomach.

He also mentioned the burglary incident and said that his wife and kids were feeling very unhappy in England. He revealed that Pellegrini called him and that City tried to poach him telling him they could pay him more than he was on at United, but he said money wasn't the issue. He said he needed to leave because of his and his family's happiness.

posted on 2/9/21

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 45 minutes ago
comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
It's fair enough in terms of the shirt. Why would an Argentine, who had no knowledge and didn't care about United's history be giddy over a shirt number?
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Indeed. I don’t really know why anyone is really. Never understood buying a shirt with a players name on it either.

I did it once with the Redskins and the guy got traded the next season.
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Then the name ‘Redskins’ got traded as well.

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