A few days before the ASSE – PSG meeting, which will take place this Sunday at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on behalf of the 15th day of Ligue 1, Angel Di Maria (33 years old, 2 goals and 3 assists in 8 L1 matches this season) sent an important message to his coach, Mauricio Pochettino.
If the Argentinian international is one of those nicknamed “The Fantastic Four” at Paris SG, with Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, the current Parisian number 11 has made a big revelation in relation to his positioning on the ground , shortly before the upcoming meeting between ASSE – AS Saint-Etienne and PSG:
“I have already proven in the past that I can play in the midfield. I did it in particular at Real Madrid in 2014 and it was surely one of the best years of my career. The coach knows that I can evolve in this position, in the middle, after which it is up to him to make decisions about what he thinks is best for Paris Saint-Germain.
But it’s true that I like to touch a lot of balls and that I had a lot of fun in 2014 when I played in the middle. In any case, no matter where the coach calls on me, I will give the maximum as I have always done since my arrival at PSG “, confided Angel Di Maria at the microphone of RMC Sport.
The message got through. With the absence of Marco Verratti and Georginio Wijnaldum, both injured and therefore packages for several weeks, Mauricio Pochettino could well be tempted to align Angel Di Maria in a three-way environment against ASSE. Business to follow for the capital club chaired by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi!