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PSG wanted 'movie star' Neymar in 2011 and Modric over Verratti

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The club's former sporting director Leonardo claims a player signed for €222 million over the summer had been a target for a number of years

Paris Saint-Germain’s record-breaking €222 million deal for Neymar saw them bring a six-year chase to a close, Leonardo has revealed.

The Brazilian forward left Barcelona for the French capital over the summer, but could have been at Parc des Princes several years earlier.

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His fellow countryman Leonardo, who worked as PSG’s sporting director between 2011 and 2013, claims the Ligue 1 giants had expressed a strong interest in Neymar while he was still on the books at Santos.