The Barcelona forward's father confirms that Louis van Gaal's side made an audacious attempt to sign his son last summer in what would have been a world-record deal.
Manchester United made a 190 million euros ($210M) offer for Barcelona star Neymar during the summer window, according to the player's father.
The Red
Devils side was ready to pay a world-record fee by activating the Brazil
international's release clause but club and player held firm and Neymar
Senior expects the forward to stay put for the foreseeable future as
well.
He told COPE:
"Manchester United is the side that offered €190 million for Neymar. He
has still two years left on his contract but you all [the media] can be
calm as my son is so happy here."
United spent
over $150 million on new players in the transfer window last summer,
though they made much of that back with sales including Angel Di Maria's
departure for Paris Saint-Germain.
However, a successful bid for the Barca star would have taken that purchasing spree to stratospheric levels.
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