Di María and Pogba, in the first training session of the Torino team. Photo: Juventus press
Angelo Di Maria it took him a while to put into first gear to confirm his arrival Juve but, having set foot in Turin, he started from everything. The first step was taken this Tuesday: presentation, press conference and unfiltered statements, after putting the hook. Your contract? Angelito was tied to the Old Lady for one season with an option for another. And today he showed up for his first training session. And he dazzled.
“They insisted for 40 days, it was impossible to say no. They waited for the championship with PSG to finish and my contract to expire, but I really wanted to come and I’m happy with how they welcomed me, “said Angel sitting in front of a microphone. And this morning he started talking on the pitch.
That’s it, Angelito already breaks it in Turin. At the first training session of the season got an assist from rabona and a great heel goal striking for the speed he took the ball when he caught it with his left foot. And also to the CM de la Vecchia who had him as the protagonist in the videos that describe the first day of work.
Juventus wants to recover the status in Italy, lost at the hands of Milan, and “return to being” in Europe. For this, he bet on Argentina and made her a top contract: six and a half million euros and a bonus for performance. Fideo arrived on a free transfer from PSG where he became the best assistant in the history of the Parisian club with 119 assists in 295 games.
“We think about winning the Scudetto, if at the end I stay another year we will see later”, he clarified. Di María, who played for Benfica, Real Madrid, Manchester United and PSG after arriving in Europe from Rosario Central.
The 34-year-old Argentine explained that it took him a while to say “yes” to the “Old Lady” because “I wanted to spend the holidays in peace and evaluate various things, such as some family situations, and then I gave my answer.”
Angel made it clear that today his head is in Turin and that there will be time to think about the World Cup: “My head is only for Juve, the national team will come later. I will not use Juve in the national team, I am here to win many titles. The selection will have its importance when the time comes ”.
“Juventus is the most important club in Italy.we have everything to win many titles “, he continued.
In this sense “Fideo” assured that the team of DT Massimiliano Allegri “has a great desire to return to the highest levels” after coming fourth in Serie A in the last two editions of the tournament.
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Di María also revealed that Gianluigi Buffon, his former teammate at PSG, has just announced that he signed for Juventus, from where the Italian goalkeeper left for the French team: “Buffon really wanted him to come. I have a good relationship with him, “Di María said about the goalkeeper who won the 2006 World Cup in Germany with the” Azzurra “.
When asked about the possibility of the arrival of Leandro Paredes, his compatriot and former PSG team-mate, the forward replied that “he knows Italy and Serie A well because he has already played here”
Angel Di María, the day of arrival and the medical examination at Juventus. Photo: @juventusfc
“We are very friends and we talk about personal things, not football,” Di María said of Paredes, who in fact played for Roma from 2014 to 2017 after moving to Chievo Verona and before his short spell at Empoli.
“I hate losing and I only think about winning, it’s as important for me as it is for the club,” said Di María, who joined training at the Continassa sports center with Frenchman Paul Pogba, who returned to Juventus after starting free of charged from Manchester United and last Tuesday, when he showed up, he threw flowers at Fideo: “We all know the value of Di María, he is a world-class footballer who has won a lot and has great experience. sample and we will need “.
Source: Clarin
