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Abidal: Barcelona could have signed Neymar instead of Antoine Griezmann

Eric Abidal, Barcelona’s technical secretary until last summer, has revealed that Barcelona could have signed Neymar back from Paris Saint-Germain if they had not signed Antoine Griezmann from Atlético Madrid.

The former defender told The Telegraph: “Ten days before the end of the transfer window, I went to Paris to talk with Leonardo [PSG’s sporting director] and I was with my CEO, and we were talking about Neymar.

“I think if the CEO goes to Paris Saint-Germain, it’s because we can sign him. If we didn’t sign Griezmann before, I think 100 per cent we could have re-signed Neymar because what we needed was a winger and when Neymar was in Barcelona he was amazing.