Di Maria was introduced as a reinforcement for Benfica

The 35-year-old winger played last season for the Italians in Juventus, but he did not renew his relationship with the Turin logo, and chose to return to the club that opened the ‘door’ to Europe in 2007 and which he represented until 2010.

Di Maria arrived in Lisbon at the start of the 2007/2008 season, coming from Rosario Central – the club in his hometown where he graduated -, who was only 19 years old, and stayed for three seasons in Lisbon, before moving to Real Madrid. , with a global deal worth more than 30 million euros.

In Luz, “Angelito” played 124 matches and scored 15 goals, won the title of champion of the 2009-2010 season and the League Cup twice in 2008/2009 and 2009/2010, and became a colleague of the current head of the “Eagles”. , Rui Costa, in 2007/08, the winger’s first in Lisbon and the last of the then Portugal international midfielder’s career.

This was followed by five years with Real Madrid (190 appearances and 35 goals), a short stint with Manchester United (32 appearances and four goals) in 2014/15, and seven seasons with Paris Saint-Germain (295 appearances and 92 goals). targets), between 2015 and 2022.

With the end of his association with Paris Saint-Germain, “El Fideo” signed a one-year contract with Juventus, in which he played 40 official matches and scored eight goals, and he even faced Benfica in the group stage of the last edition of the Champions League, as well as Sporting, in a quarter European League Final.

The Argentine international, world champion in December in Qatar, is The second augmentation guaranteed by the Incarnates For the 2023/24 season, after the Turkish midfielder Orkon Kokcu (formerly Feyenoord).