Oh there's no doubt Di Maria is world class and better than anyone United has. Just that so are Ozil and Sanchez, and I'd put him in that bracket, and they didn't cost anywhere near as much. As I keep saying, United are being taken for mugs by other teams and I'm still not convinced that it's the best way to go.

Also it's funny we can say #8, #9 or #10 and know what we mean when players now have numbers in the 40's and 50's Liverpool's new signing Lazar Markovic is #50. Players used to drop down to FIrst XI numbers when they moved through the youth team ranks but now they're keeping their high ones. I kind of hate it. It seems petty but I do.