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Cape Town - Following his record breaking move from Real Madrid to Manchester United, Angel Di Maria spoke out on the reasons why he quit the Spanish club.
Read: Angel signs for Red Devils
Di Maria, addressing the fans of the Los Blancos, spoke candidly about the broken promises made by the Real Madrid board, how the board wanted to pin his departure on him and his desire for a "fair deal" at the club.
The Argentina winger now hopes to make history with his new club, Manchester United.
Angel Di Maria penned the following open letter to the fans of Real Madrid:
"My time at Real Madrid has come to an end.
It's impossible, in just a few lines, to put all I have gained here, but this letter is my way of explaining how I'm feeling now that I'm bidding the club farewell.
Over the four years I have had the honour of wearing this shirt, I have felt nothing but pride about everything that has happened and all I have achieved together with my team-mates.
Sadly, now I have to go, but I want to make it clear that this was never my wish. I've always wanted to progress, as anyone else does in their job. I went to the World Cup after winning the 'Decima' with the hope of getting some signal from the club management, but it never came.
Many things were said and many lies circulated. They always wanted to pin the idea of leaving the club on me, but that's not how it was. Unfortunately, my football isn't to someone's taste. The only thing I asked for was a fair deal.
There are many things that I value and a lot of them have nothing to do with my salary. I hope to find them at Manchester United, one of the biggest clubs in the world, with which I'm hoping to make history.
I've been lucky enough to share a dressing room with some fantastic players, who have been even better team-mates. I think that was the key to winning the 10th Champions League. I want to apologise for the times I made mistakes, on or off the field.
It was never my intention to do wrong by anyone. I sweated for this shirt every game as if it were the last. There were times when things went well, and times when they didn't, but what I can say is that I always gave it everything."
Di Maria will reportedly wear the number seven jersey at Manchester United and the winger is in line to make his Manchester United debut at Burnley on Saturday, August 30.
