‘We offered €45m in 2011’: Florentino Perez reveals Real Madrid’s interest in signing Neymar before Barca
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has admitted that his side did try to sign Neymar from Santos in 2011, years before he joined Barcelona.He said: “We were interested, I think like 10 years ago, that’s how the Real Madrid sports management told me, although I didn’t talk to him about it.
