Roberto Mancini has ludicrously suggested that Zenit St.Petersburg were also interested in enticing PSG-bound Neymar away from Barcelona.
The Italian, who now manages in Russia, was speaking to the press ahead of his side's Europa League third round qualifying second-leg outing against Israel's Bnei Yehuda when he was quizzed on the subject.
Neymar was granted leave to depart Barcelona's training camp and head to Paris ahead of completing a world-record £198m transfer to the Ligue 1 giants and, in quotes published on Zenit's own website, Mancini claimed that his club were also interested in prising him away from the Nou Camp.