Quotes from Angel Di Maria

Along with my teammates, we have a lot more great things to achieve, and we will continue to help PSG grow as a big club internationally. The support of all those that love this club will help us go beyond our own limits and defend our colours with passion and determination.

I am very happy to have extended my contract with PSG.

Leaving a club like Real and coming to as big a club as Manchester United makes you grow as a player and helps you progress in your career.

The only club I couldn't play for is Newell's Old Boys because I am a fan of Rosario Central.

Losing one final, that happens, but when it happens three times in a row, that is something else entirely.

I want to win the Champions League, which is a dream for all footballers, for a second time.

Frankly, I wouldn't have a problem to play at Barca - to the contrary.

The first thing you learn is sacrifice and how to keep moving forward in life, helping your parents to put food on the table. You learn to fight with your work. Then you start to learn values. That's why, every time I pull on the Argentina shirt or any other, I think about the things that happened to me when I was a kid.

There were a lot of clubs interested in me - a lot, really. But Manchester United appeared and didn't go away. They absolutely wanted me, and it happened.

I like assisting goals more than scoring them.

The problem is that when Argentina doesn't play well - and the same is true of Barcelona - the press think it is easy to blame Messi. We have seen time and time again that he wins games on his own when the team is not performing - but the media expect him to always be the hero.

I wished very much for the day of my debut at Old Trafford, and I did in the best way, scoring a goal.

I never said I wanted to leave Real Madrid. I never wanted that, but you have to move when they don't want you.

I started at Benfica: not as big but one of the biggest clubs in Portugal. I've played for Real Madrid. Then I moved to Manchester United, from a giant to another giant.

The real reason you want to give everything on the field is so your own fans go away happy.

There are no words to describe Messi; he always surprises you.

Blanc called me when he was in the United States and I was still on holiday. He said he was very happy to recruit me, that he had wanted me for several seasons. Obviously, this gave me an added incentive to sign for PSG.

I am working hard to keep making progress, to always improve.

When I am an old man, I will tell my grandchildren bedtime stories about when I won the Champions League, hopefully when I won the World Cup, but most of all, I will tell them that their grandfather used to play with Lionel Messi.

I've won an Olympic title and an U-20 World Cup, but it'd be really special to round things off with a Copa title with the seniors.

I know that nobody will be satisfied with anything less than coming home with the World Cup.

To be able to earn what Cristiano earns, I would have had to have been the best player at the World Cup or won the Ballon d'Or.

Everybody had heard the rumours that Real wanted to sign James Rodriguez after the World Cup, and I knew that they were going to sell me to make room for him.

It isn't easy to get to a final, and then winning the title is also difficult.