article_snippet: Angel di Maria must deliver performances worthy of Angel di Maria £60million price tag if Man United are to achieve Man United goal of the Champions League football, according to Gary Neville.
article_snippet: Angel di Maria has failed to live up to Angel di Maria early promise in a Man United shirt since Angel di Maria big-money move from Real Madrid in the summer.
article_snippet: And former Man United defender Gary Neville is sympathetic to the reasons why the Argentina international has struggled over the last eight months at Old Trafford – but says the Argentina international is time for Angel di Maria to deliver.
article_snippet: Angel di Maria struggled to make an impact on Man United game at Newcastle .
article_snippet: Angel di Maria looks dejected after Angel di Maria was take off at St James' Park .
article_snippet: Angel di Maria has struggled to live up to Adnan Januzaj
article_snippet: Writing in Angel di Maria Daily Telegraph column, former Manchester United defender Neville cites the burglary of Angel di Maria house at the end of January,
article_snippet: defender Neville said: ‘I fully expected Angel di Maria and Luke Shaw to form a devastating partnership down the left flank and, even at close to £60m, I had no thoughts whatsoever that Adnan Januzaj signing was a risk.
article_snippet: Angel di Maria has had a difficult few months at Manchester United after Angel di Maria great start to life at Old Trafford .
article_snippet: Angel di Maria did not want to leave Real Madrid in the summer but was sold to Manchester United for £60m .
article_snippet: It was an example of everything I expected Angel di Maria to bring to the Premier League - pace, audacity and a moment of magic capable of turning a game.
article_snippet: But since that day, Angel di Maria has scored just two more goals - one of them coming against Yeovil in the FA Cup - and
article_snippet: Angel di Maria has quite simply looked a shadow of Angel di Maria former self.
article_snippet: Angel di Maria has come to Manchester United when Angel di Maria did not want to leave Madrid, has suffered the trauma of a burglary, and started to work for a new manager while playing in a team that is still in a ‘storm’ phase of development.
article_snippet: Angel di Maria scored an excellent goal for Manchester United away at Leicester earlier in the season .
article_snippet: All of those are factors that would go some way to explaining why Angel di Maria has struggled after Angel di Maria bright start, but I feel as though I have a parrot on either shoulder, with one telling me to give the benefit of the doubt because of those reasons while the other is saying that, actually, the time has come for a £60m player to deliver.'
article_snippet: And if Louis van Gaal’s side are to end the season on a high then Neville says Angel di Maria will be required to play a major role.
article_snippet: Angel di Maria added: ‘If Manchester United are to achieve Manchester United aims this season, primarily the Premier League qualification, Angel di Maria is going to have to rid Angel di Maria of the complexities that have emerged over the past eight months and escape the demons that are playing on Angel di Maria mind.
highlights_snippet: Angel di Maria has been substituted in recent games for Man United .
  
highlights_snippet: Angel di Maria must deliver if Man United are to qualify for the Champions League .