At 37 years old, Ángel Di María, former Paris Saint-Germain winger, opened up to Argentine outlet DS Sports about his years in Paris. The Argentine spoke about the magic of sharing a dressing room filled with stars like Ibrahimović, Cavani, Mbappé, Messi, and Neymar, and praised the love the club always showed him.
Di María: “It was incredible”
“I felt like I was inside a PlayStation. Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Mbappé, Messi, Neymar… it was incredible to be there. I was happy when they won the Champions League. We were close. The club always loved us.”
Between 2015 and 2022, Di María embodied the technical refinement of a galactic PSG, sometimes too reliant on individual brilliance. Surrounded by Messi, Neymar, and Mbappé, the Argentine genius often shone from the shadows, acting as a catalyst for spectacular yet unbalanced football. If Paris never conquered Europe during that era, it may be because this dazzling collective lacked the cohesion that Luis Enrique has since instilled.
In today’s PSG—more collective, more intense—Di María would have found the perfect environment: high pressing, fluid play, and creative freedom channeled within a structure. His sense of rhythm and vision would have worked wonders in this well-oiled machine. What PSG has gained in organization, he would have elevated with inspiration.
