Louis van Gaal has lifted the lid on PSG star Angel di Mariaks problems at Manchester United.

Van Gaal, in an interview with the Guardian, has now opened up on the forward and why he struggled to sparkle at Old Trafford.

"Di Maria was my choice at AZ, seven years before," he said.

“I was satisfied, because he was a creative player, but I had other players on the list.

“Di Maria had a problem with the English football culture and the climate. You cannot buy players and know, for sure, that they can deliver. You cannot know because football is a team sport.

“I always ask a player where he wants to play. For him it was wing, wide and mostly left. In the Argentina team he plays on the left.

“I started with him there. He was not performing that well, to a level you could expect from an £80m player. I believe, then, I have to see if another position is better for him.

“I have played him left winger, as the 10, second striker and on the right.

“Then the critics say he is having to play in too many positions. I gave him all the chances that there were to perform well."