Madrid President Explains why Dimaria was Sold: Perez revealed that Di Maria left Real no option but to sell him after the Argentina international had turned down an improved contract following his impressive 2013-14 campaign. Ive been here since 2000, Perez said. Since then a lot of players have come and gone and my experience tells me that the ones that leave are always the best and those that arrive are always questioned. My first (signing) was (Zinezine) Zidane and the last (before this summers transfer market) was (Gareth) Bale. We made the best offer that we could to Di Maria and he didnt accept it. Hence, we brought in James (Rodriguez), one of the best players at the World Cup and the Golden Boot award winner. Di Maria and all of those that have left have our gratitude and respect. A player that is under contract and leaves is because he wants to. Real has always respected contracts. Di Maria had financial requests that I considered legitimate but we couldnt satisfy them. I reiterate that we made him the best possible offer. With the exception of Cristiano (Ronaldo), Di Maria would have been the highest paid at Real Madrid. Had we accepted his financial demands it would have created an unbalanced treatment that would have put the clubs stability in danger. Di Maria left to Manchester for a fee that we considered fair and that is why the transfer was completed. #RealMadrid
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:19:29 +0000