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Pep Guardiola: Neymar would have won the Champions League with Barcelona more times if he had stayed

Pep Guardiola has claimed that Neymar would have won the UEFA Champions League “two or three more times” had he stayed at FC Barcelona, where he won it once as part of a legendary front three that included Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez.

Now Guardiola’s Manchester City faces him and a hungry Paris Saint-Germain that is looking for its first Champions League title.

The former Barcelona boss first crossed paths when his team played Santos at the FIFA Club World Cup in 2011.

“I remember against Santos, I showed some clips of Neymar.