BUENOS AIRES, March 26 ― Argentina forward Angel Di Maria received a threat at his family home on the outskirts of Rosario early yesterday morning, local media reported, amid a wave of drug-related violence in the city where Lionel Messi also hails from.

The message comes a week after Di Maria, currently playing for Portuguese champions Benfica, said he would like to end his career at his boyhood club Rosario Central.