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Vídeo mostra Di Maria chegando pra assinar com o Vasco da Gama

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerned a circulating video that purportedly showed Argentine footballer Ángel Di María arriving in Rio de Janeiro to sign with Vasco da Gama in 2023. The review describes the footage as showing him getting off a plane, accompanied by a social-media message saying he was arriving to sign with Vasco. It notes that the rumor spread while Vasco supporters hoped for high-profile signings after the club returned to Brazil’s top division. The review says it searched for reliable information about the alleged signing and found none. It also checked the video’s history, finding that the footage was from 2022—not a 2023 arrival in Rio. According to the review, Di María was arriving in Torino to renew his contract with Juventus, and Juventus itself had posted about his arrival. That provenance contradicts the video’s presentation as evidence of a Vasco signing: the footage predates the 2023 claim and depicts a different destination and purpose. The review concludes that the clip shows Di María arriving in connection with Juventus, not arriving to sign with Vasco.