TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A number of speculations were in the air as Angel di Maria left Real Madrid last season with the most cited reason being the winger’s asking for higher salary.
However, recent findings suggest that Real Madrid dumped Di Maria because the player was not good-looking enough to be a part of the squad.
Former Barcelona winger Carles Rexach said in an interview that Florentino Perez (Real Madrid president) considered Di Maria as ugly and not fitting with the rest of the squad. He added that Perez wanted his club to sell a glamorous image, which was all but Di Maria.
Angel Di Maria moved from Madrid to Mancheser United last summer with a staggering transfer fee of 59 million pounds.
In his absence, Madrid signed in Toni Kroos from Bayern Muenchen and James “J-Rod” Rodriguez from AS Monaco. Pretty face J-Rod was then plotted to fill in Di Maria’s spot.
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