A spectacular comeback, Di María is back home! Benfica officially present him in a very symbolic time

A big homecoming – that’s how you can interpret Ángel Di María’s transfer to Benfica Lisbon. The transfer of the Argentine international has been almost a foregone conclusion for some time now, and the club has also officially confirmed it in the last few hours.

Portuguese club Benfica Lisbon confirmed one big return in the early hours of Wednesday. Ángel Di María is returning to the club where he has shown the most to football Europe.

The 35-year-old Argentine transferred to Benfica from Rosario, specifically in 2007. And it was in the jersey of this famous Portuguese club that he started his rich football career.

In three years in the jersey of the Lisbon big club, he played 121 matches with a record of 15+28 and won the championship title, plus the domestic cup.

From there he went to Real Madrid, where he had the best period of his career in terms of individual statistics and team success. However, we have covered his career in more detail in a previous article.

This was followed by stints at Manchester United, PSG and Juventus Turin. And now, after several European stints and with a huge amount of experience, he is back where it all got the right impetus.

According to the latest reports, Di María has signed a one-year contract at Benfica. He will thus join his compatriot Nicolas Otamendi, with whom he won the World Cup in Qatar last year, at the club. “Welcome home, ” reads the official Benfica announcement.

Di María last played for Juventus, where he played 40 games and scored eight goals, plus seven assists. However, he did not win any trophies with the Turin club.

The official presentation of the returnee is scheduled for today, Thursday 6 July. Specifically at 19:04. It is a symbolic time for the reigning champion of the Portuguese league, because in 1904 Benfica Lisbon was founded.

Sources: SL Benfica, Twitter – Fabrizio Romano, Transfermarkt