Friday, May 21, 2010

Angel Di maria - Real Talent or Another potential Argentine FLOP !!!

The talk of the town or if I might say Europe has been Angel Di Maria.. The 22 year old kid rising through the youth ranks at Portugese club Benfica.... Last summer Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger who has eye for young kids with immense talent spotted the Argentine. There was significant interest but official offer never really came from the North London club.Whole of European top clubs soon started to take notice and every top European club has been currently linked with the player. Manchester United are rumored to be preparing player plus cash offer of 10 milion pounds plus FLOP Anderson. Chelsea's sporting director Frank Arnesen has been watching the player for last 18 months while the likes of Real Madrid , Barcelona and new cash rich dogs in town Manchester City also showing great interest in the player. He has the buyout clause of 35m pounds and Benfica demanding any interested club to buyout the same.I know the markets are inflated due to ludicrous deal of Cristiano Ronaldo but i am sensible enough to know that any player howsoever talented is not worth 35m pounds at age of 22 who has not even proved himself at top club in the top league.. I have respect for Portuguese league but it cannot be compared to La Liga ,Seria A and not certainly Premier League. When the player as talented as Cristiano was sold for 12m pounds by Sporting Lisbon, certainly Maria is not worth 35m pounds. SORRY !!! I personally like the player very much.. Fast, spacy , great left foot, eye for goal and great vision. But he is still a raw talent. I wont like my favorite club Chelsea break bank to sign him. 20m pounds is reasonable sum that too because of inflated markets. Otherwise 15m pounds is reasonable sum for Maria. On top of that if we check the history books, Argentines have never really graced the premier league. Veron, Heinze, Crespo have all been super duper flops !!! So any premier league club interested din signing him, must beware of the above mentioned fact. Only time will tell if Maria pans out to be a super player or another ARGENTINE FLOP !!!