Barcelona star Neymar has revealed he never came close to joining Manchester City from Santos in 2013 because he only wanted to sign for the Catalan giants
The 23-year-old was wanted by several European sides two years ago as he decided which club to continue his career at following impressive performances for Santos.
City were one of the teams that were keen to snap up the Brazilian forward but, ahead of Barcelona’s Champions League last 16 second-leg against the English club on Wednesday, Neymar has admitted he never wanted to join City.
‘Barcelona was the only club I ever wanted to join,’ Neymar is quoted by The Mail as saying.
‘I knew that Manchester City had interest in me, but I never had any intention to join them.
‘I am sure that I could have got a bigger contract and more money there – but we never even got that far – when a club with the history and tradition of Barcelona want you then you don’t listen to anybody else.’
Neymar will be one of the Barcelona stars attempting to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the expense of City at the Camp Nou, and can be confident of doing just that after beating Manuel Pellegrini’s men 2-1 in the first leg last month.
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