Former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney admits Angel Di Maria should have been a star at the club.
Di Maria arrived from Real Madrid in a big money deal in 2014, but left for Paris Saint Germain a year later.
He never settled in England and did not fit in the style of play manager Louis Van Gaal desired. But Rooney believes Di Maria's talent was never in question.
"He's a wonderful player," Rooney wrote in his latest column for The Sunday Times.
"When he came to United I remember Louis van Gaal saying to the team: 'He is the only one who is allowed to dribble with the ball.'
"Angel works tirelessly on the pitch and his delivery, vision and awareness is brilliant. He could have been a major star at United but at the time we were going through a bit of a transition and it was tough for him to settle.
"He had young kids and lived a couple of houses down from me and someone tried to burgle him. I remember that really shook him and his family.
"From then on, really, you knew it was going to be tough for him and it was probably better for him to leave."
