Little angel will drive $100m Di Maria at Red Devils

Angel di Maria comes to Manchester United not just with a reputation of one of best attacking wingers in world football today.

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He comes not just with a British record transfer fee of 59.7 million pounds ($99 million).

He comes not just from Champions League winners Real Madrid and World Cup finalists Argentina.

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Angel di Maria comes from a family that knows what it is to fight – and still win against the odds.

Angel Di Maria;s daughter Mia was born three months premature on April 22, 2013.

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It was the night before Real Madrid faced Borussia Dortmund in a Champions League semi-final.

The Daily Mail writes that Di Maria’s wife Jorgelina Cardoso had suffered pregnancy complications and doctors had given the couple’s baby a 30 per cent chance of survival if the birth was not induced.

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Di Maria missed the game and the couple fought alongside their baby for the next two months. She stayed in intensive care before finally being allowed to go home.

Only with Mia safe did Di Maria return to playing football.

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Real Madrid could not wait, it seems, Gareth Bale was signed.

Perhaps, Mia will see her dad become Champion again at Old Trafford.

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