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Angel Di Maria says he is “very happy” to be joining Paris St-Germain from Manchester United.

The 27-year-old midfielder, who joined the Old Trafford side a year ago for a British record of £59.7m, had a medical in Qatar on Tuesday ahead of his 63m euro (£44.3m) move.

He later told beIN Sports of his delight in making the switch to France.

“I am very happy to join Paris St-Germain. They’re very important,” he said.

“They made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, so my objective was to arrive to Paris and to help them through the quarter-final barrier, because they have struggled in the past two seasons.

“I will try to do the best I can to help the club in those objectives and reach the final stages of the Champions League.”

Neither club has yet confirmed that the player’s move has gone through but Aspetar, a specialist sports hospital in Doha, announced on its Twitter feed on Tuesday that the player was there “for a medical test ahead of a proposed move”.

The Argentine did not join United on their pre-season tour of America, and manager Louis van Gaal had said he “did not know why”.

Di Maria scored four goals in 32 United appearances after joining from Real Madrid last August.