Di Maria to Leave Benfica at the End of the Season, Won’t Be in Its FIFA Club World Cup Squad
- Angel di Maria, aged 37, will leave Benfica at the end of the 2024-25 season and will not be in their Club World Cup squad.
- Di Maria rejoined Benfica in 2023 after a five-year career at the club and retired from international football with Argentina last year.
- Benfica finished second in the Portuguese league, two points behind Sporting, after a 1-1 draw at Braga, and faces Sporting in the Portuguese Cup final on May 25.
- Di Maria posted on Instagram that it hurts to end like this after a long year and expressed pride in wearing the Benfica shirt again.
- Di Maria’s contract reportedly ends June 30, meaning he will not return next season, leaving Benfica without his experience for their Club World Cup campaign starting June 16.
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Soccer-Di Maria says he will not return for Benfica next season
(Reuters) -Angel di Maria will not return for Benfica next season, the Argentine forward said after the club failed to win the Liga Portugal following a 1-1 draw at Braga on Saturday, finishing two points below champions Sporting. Read full story


Di María Assumes Out of Benfia at the End of the Season
"It wasn't the final result we wanted in this championship. We worked very hard to achieve the goal. It gave us much to finish this way after so long a year," recalled the Argentinian advance.
She Says She Won't Return to Benfia in the Next Season.
Angel di Maria will not return to Benfia in the next season, said the Argentinian attacker after the club failed to win the League Portugal after a match for 1 to 1 with Braga on Saturday, ending two points behind the Sporting campaign. The 37-year-old player, who attended the international football last year after 145 matches by Argentina, spent five years in Benfia on two trips, had returned to the club in 2023 after playing by Real Madrid, Ma…
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