Angel Di Maria’s wife reveals Manchester nightmare – and admits he only joined United for the money

Angel Di MariaThe wife of revealed their ordeal in England when he joined Manchester United.

The Argentine has moved to Old Trafford from real Madrid for £59.7m in August 2014 – at the time one of the most expensive transfers ever – but was sold 11 months later at a loss of £15m after an extremely disappointing.

And his wife Jorgelina Cardoso has opened up about their nightmare in Manchester – calling English food ‘disgusting’ and claiming she wanted to ‘kill herself’ because ‘it’s dark at 2pm’ in an interview with the TV channel. Argentinian television LAM.

Angel Di Maria’s wife Jorgelina Cardoso has opened up on her Manchester nightmare – and admitted the Argentine (above) only joined United for the money in a brutally honest interview.

Cardoso (left) called British food ‘disgusting’ and said British women ‘look like china’

Cardoso (right) was speaking on Argentinian TV channel LAM when she made her criticism

She said: “Angel came to me one day and said, ‘Look at this proposal from Manchester United’. I didn’t want to go, I told him to go alone. two,” he replied. That was a lot of money, more than the Spaniards had offered. So we went. If you work in a company and someone offers you double your salary, you run.

“We were friends with Gianinna Maradona, the wife of (former Manchester City striker) Sergio Aguero, and we traveled to Manchester on vacation for a year. It was still awful! We came home and I I said, “If you ever get transferred, make sure it’s anywhere in the world except England.”

‘I didn’t like it at all… I can tell you. People are all weird. You walk around and you don’t know if they’re going to kill you. The food is disgusting. Women look like porcelain. Angel and I were in Madrid, in the best team in the world, perfect food, perfect weather, everything was perfect. And then came United’s proposal…

The winger, 34, joined Italian Juventus on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain in July

“I told him ‘no way, no way’, but he kept saying we’d be a little more secure financially and we had to go. We had a fight about it… We’re trying to to be closer when things go wrong. I don’t blame him for going. It was awful, so awful. I just said, ‘Honey, I want to kill myself, it’s dark at two.’ “‘

Di Maria’s move to United – currently the 28th most expensive of all time – is widely seen as a failure after struggling to fit into manager Louis van Gaal’s system and scoring just four goals in 32 appearances in all competitions.

The 34-year-old moved to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2015 and spent seven successful years there, winning 18 trophies, before joining Italian side Juventus on a free transfer in July.

Cardoso’s comments come shortly after ex-Real teammate Casemiro joined the Red Devils

The midfielder paraded around Old Trafford before United beat Liverpool 2-1 on Monday

Cardoso’s comments come shortly after Di Maria’s former Los Blancos teammate Casemiro left the Spanish capital for United.

The Brazilian defensive midfielder, 30, paraded around Old Trafford ahead of the club’s 2-1 win over Liverpool on Monday night.

Casemiro has signed a four-year contract, with an option for a further year, on £375,000 a week after joining a deal that could reach £70million.