• ‘Neymar was also close to a move to Manchester United’
Neymar’s agent has revealed the Brazil forward was offered £650,000 a week to sign for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer for a transfer fee that would have almost doubled the existing record.
The 24-year-old signed a new five-year contract at the start of July after months of speculation over his future, including several links with a move to Manchester United. However, Wagner Ribeiro, who has represented Neymar in the past and retains close ties to his family, admitted that the French champions had offered €190m (£160m) to sign him in the summer with an annual salary of €40m (£33.8m) after tax, which equates to £650,000 a week.
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