Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is expecting Angel Di Maria to begin pre-season training on August 5 and has no information about the Argentina winger leaving for Paris St Germain.

“There is nothing new in the market,” Ancelotti said when asked about reports Di Maria was set to join the Ligue 1 champions for a fee of around €70 million ($94 million).

“Di Maria finished the World Cup and he is resting,” added the Italian.

“He will return on August 5 to start (training) together with his team-mates.”

Ancelotti was speaking at a news conference after Real were beaten on penalties by Inter in a pre-season friendly in California on Saturday night.

Asked about other possible summer signings following the arrival of Colombia playmaker James Rodriguez and Germany midfielder Toni Kroos, Ancelotti said Real were not looking for another centre-forward.

Their France striker Karim Benzema was “very reliable” and another option would be to use attacking midfielder Isco as a roving forward, Ancelotti said.

“We are not going to look for another forward because we don’t need one,” the Italian coach said.

Real begin their La Liga campaign on the weekend of August 23/24 at home to Cordoba and will be defending their Champions League and King’s Cup crowns next season.

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