35-year-old midfielder Di Maria, who plays for Benfica, has announced his decision to retire from international football after Copa America 2024 in November 2023, despite recent rumors that he could attend the Olympics. 2024 in Paris for the Argentina team.
In an interview with TyCSports, “angel” striker Angel Di Maria made it clear that his decision has not changed: “I don’t think I can attend the Olympics. For me, everything will end.” end after a while.
Copa America is my last tournament and it is 100% certain. I feel so tired of my body. I think the best time for a player to end is when everything is unfinished. This is the perfect time for me to say goodbye to my beloved Argentina shirt.”
Di Maria has played for top European teams such as Real Madrid, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus during his career. He also debuted for the Argentina team in September 2008.
Since then, Di Maria has played for the national team 136 times and also contributed greatly to helping the home team win the World Cup, Copa America and Olympic Gold Medals. The versatile winger hopes to end his memorable international career with another win at Copa America 2023.
This season, Di Maria has become an important player for Benfica in the Portuguese national championship. He scored 11 goals and had 5 assists in 27 appearances on all fronts.
La Liga president Javier Tebas believes Real Madrid has strong chances of recruiting star Kylian Mbappe, after his contract with Paris Saint-Germain ends this summer.
PSG’s talented young striker becomes a free agent on July 1, but it has not yet been clearly decided where he will play next season. The Frenchman has been linked with a move to the Santiago Bernabeu for several years now, with Los Blancos making several unsuccessful attempts to secure his services.
When asked about the possibility of Mbappe joining Real Madrid, President Tebas told Marca: “I think the possibility of Mbappe playing football in Spain is very high. But this is just my personal opinion, because this place has everything he wants.