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Sports News of Saturday, 9 May 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Manchester is not a 'sh*thole', your husband, Di Maria was just 'awful' - Gary Neville

Di Maria and his wife, Jorgelina Cardoso Di Maria and his wife, Jorgelina Cardoso

Gary Neville has labelled the claims by Angel Di Maria's wife that Manchester is a “sh*thole” as false by stating that her husband just “awful” at Old Trafford

The ex-Madrid star was offloaded to United from Spain for £59.7million in 2014 and endured a bad run with the Red Devils.

With just four goals in 32 appearances at United before escaping to Paris Saint-Germain Angel Di Maria's wife called Manchester a 's***hole' and blamed the environment for his deep in form.

His wife Jorgelina Cardoso, on Spanish show Los Angeles de la Manana, labelled the food "disgusting" and added: "The people were all skinny, neat, weird. You are walking and you don't know if they are going to kill you or not."

She revealed that she begged her husband not to move to Manchester.

Angered by the comments, United legend Neville, retaliated by blasting her husband Di Maria for his disastrous spell at Old Trafford.

He said on Sky Sports: "I don’t know what she means.

"We hear these stories from time to time, where a player's played like a drain, like Di Maria did at Manchester United, he was awful.

We hear these stories from time to time, where a player's played like a drain, like Di Maria did at Manchester United, he was awful.

"And I had great expectations and sort of excitement when he came to the club thinking we’d signed a top player. But he was never interested from day one.

"And what I would say is, maybe what he needs to do is look across the road at Sergio Aguero, his Argentinian compatriot, or Pablo Zabaleta, who’ve done alright in Manchester over the years and don’t seem to be in a rush to leave."

Di Maria and his wife, who tied the knot in 2011, were victims of an armed burglary attempt at their Cheshire home in 2015.

And Neville did acknowledge that the couple's traumatic experience could be the reason behind Cardoso's assessment of Manchester.

He added: "I will defend my city to the hilt. I think she had a bad experience and she did have an unfortunate experience obviously where there was a robbery which really would hamper your view mentally.

"So I think that probably clouds her view in terms of the city, ‘cause I think there’s some decent folk around here."

Di Maria has previously blamed then-boss Louis Van Gaal for his torrid time at United while PSG team-mate Marcin Bulka recently revealed the winger turns off the TV whenever the Red Devils come on.

Source: The Sun