Di Maria arrived at Manchester United under Louis van Gaal in 2014 but struggled to make any sort of impact on the Premier League and eventually left for Paris Saint-Germain a year later.
Speaking on Spanish TV, Cardoso ruthlessly outlined all the things she hated in Manchester during her husband's unsuccessful stint in the north-west.
'I begged Angel, any place but England,' she said. 'And one year later we were in Manchester, s***.
'I didn't like anything at all. The people were all skinny, neat, weird. You are walking and you don't know if they are going to kill you or not.
'The food is disgusting. 'The girls all use a lot of make up, like they are dolls.'
Asked for his thoughts on her quotes, Neville seemed unsure whether it was just a distraction because Di Maria was so poor in a United shirt and urged him to look at his compatriots at Manchester City.
He replied: 'I don't know what she means! Seriously.
'All I would say is we hear these stories from time to time, a player has played like a drain and Di Maria did, he was awful and I had great expectations.
But he was never interested since day one and he should look across the road at his compatriots (Sergio) Aguero or (Pablo) Zabaleta who have done alright and are not in a rush to leave.
The Argentine international's house was targeted in an attempted robbery in 2015, where burglars are believed to have used scaffolding poles to smash their way into their house.
Neville believes such a traumatic experience would always paint Manchester in a negative light in their eyes.
'She did have a bad experience in terms of a robbery and that would have clouded her view mentally,' he added.
Di Maria scored just four goals in 32 games during his season at Manchester United. By comparison, he now has 80 goals in 217 games for the French champions.
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