“He wanted me to play Real”, Neymar balances on Florentino Perez!

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By: Manu Tournoux

Neymar has always been one of the most tracked players on the old continent. Before joining FC Barcelona in 2013, the Brazilian had long hesitated between the Catalan club and Real Madrid.

The number 10 returned to this precise moment of his career during an interview with the Podcast Podpah. The current Santos player said that President Madrid Florentino Perez was ready to do anything to see him join Casa Blanca.

“” I received an offer from both sides. It was the proposal of FC Barcelona and that of Real Madrid, it was practically a white check. Real Madrid told me 'put the paper and we pay … If I had gone to Real Madrid, I would have won three times more than in Barcelona. Florentino Pérez has always loved me … and he told me about. He wanted me to play Real Madrid, “he said.

Before continuing his remarks and explaining his choice to have joined Barça: ” Why finally FC Barcelona? Ronaldinho had played there and I really wanted to play with Lionel Messi. »»

Neymar helped Messi

In this podcast, Neymar confided in his career for a long time and even confessed to having helped to shoot the… penalties. I helped Messi draw the penalties! We were in training, he asked me: CHow do you do the penalties like that? I said to him: Are you crazy? You are messi, if I get there, you can do it too. I taught him and he trained, “he said. Today, Brazilian is considered one of the best in history in this exercise.