Wagner Ribeiro, considered by many to be the most influential agent in South American football, gave him an interview Team where he reviews the past and the present Neymar. The former representative of the player says that real Madrid she was about to sign it a few years ago.
Neymar stops his renewal and will return to FC Barcelona
Ribeiro He remembered the first time he saw Ney on a indoor soccer field when he was just 12 years old. Madrid was immediately interested in him, but the president santos, Marcelo texeira, offered him “10,000 euros a month”.
Later the interest will come Chelsea, but the striker “did not want to leave”, explained the agent, who recounts how since 2012 the intense fight between real Madrid Yes Barcelona by the young player who stayed in santos, above all, through a crucial call from Skin.
Real insisted a lot, but Neymar did not want to play for Madrid. I wanted to go to Barça. Messi called him, Piqué … But Sandro Rosell did not want to participate in the negotiations. He left me aside and did not pay me any money for Neymar’s transfer to Barça. They even left me alone during the holidays, because I was closer to Florentino Pérez “, he reveals Ribeiro.
Tearing message from Neymar for his injuries
However, during teaching Neymar of PSG yes he intervened Wagner, when he spoke with Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of the French club. According to the representative, that meeting served to earn the Brazilian 11 to 28 million euros a year with Barcelona. But the following year the attacker’s departure to Paris was inevitable.
” He couldn’t refuse anymore. PSG paid Barça 222 million euros and offered him a net salary of 36 million euros per year. It is impossible to reject such an offer, “he said Ribeiro.
Real Madrid tried to sign Neymar
He also says that the Brazilian star wanted to leave PSG and almost went to real Madrid. “They were willing to pay 300 million euros, but Nasser said that not even for 1,000 million will disappear,” he said.
The situation of Neymar now it’s different. His former agent makes sure that this year the Parisian team will lift the Champions League and the striker will do the same to win his first Golden Ball.
On a possible departure from Ney, Wagner Ribeiro It is clear to him: “Only PSG can afford Neymar’s luxury. Real Madrid has financial problems. Boat? even worse. In Italy, no club can compete, and Manchester United or City, I don’t think. ”