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Di Maria dazzles his United team-mates

ESPN staff
October 9, 2014
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Angel Di Maria's training tricks often leave his Manchester United team-mates gazing in amazement, according to the club's defender Tyler Blackett.

Di Maria has scored three goals in four appearances since his British record transfer fee move from Real Madrid in the summer and has also created three more. However, Blackett admits it has been the attacker's ability in training that has left some players staring in awe.

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"He's been amazing," Blackett said. "He's one of the world's best players and the things that he does in training really make us stop and stare.

"The dribbling, the close control, these are things that a lot of players would like to have, but that not everybody's got. He really is special."

It is not the first time a United team-mate has dubbed the Argentine "amazing".

Fellow summer signing Daley Blind recently praised Di Maria's contribution and admitted the £59.7 million recruit reminds him of Arjen Robben.

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