Neymar Jr., the star of the Brazilian team Santos, admitted that Real Madrid wanted to sign him before moving to Barcelona in 2013.

Neymar said in his talk: "I received offers from Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich, but at that time I ruled out the Bayern Munich offer."

He added: "Barcelona's offer was specific, while Real Madrid offered a blank check; they told me if I wanted to join them, just write down the amount I wanted on paper, and they would give it to me. At Real Madrid, I would have received three times what I got at Barcelona."

He concluded: "Perez was always impressed by me, and he always talked about me, saying he wanted me to play for Real Madrid, but in the end, I followed my heart and said: 'Man, my dream is to play for Barcelona. Ronaldinho played there, Messi is there, it was my dream to play alongside Messi.'