DBasia.news – Dani Carvajal said that Neymar almost joined Real Madrid. Unfortunately, at that time, Neymar chose to join Barcelona and now becomes the star of the huge club of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain.
The Real Madrid full-back claimed in 2006 Neymar almost signed the contract to join Los Blancos. Neymar, who was still 14 at that time, got the invitation for trial and met Madrid main squad.
“I remember Neymar perfectly well in the youth team,” Carvajal told Italian newspaper Libero.
“He told us that he was going to stay and we all lifted him up and celebrated with him,” Carvajal added, who at that time was training in El Real junior team.
Unfortunately, after the trial, Neymar returned to his club, Santos. After that, the Brasil national team striker joined Madrid rival, Barcelona, in 2013, before moving to PSG in summer 2017.
However, Carvajal put the high expectation to play with Neymar at Santiago Bernabeu. He believes Neymar still has the interest to join Madrid, moreover after Cristiano Ronaldo left this LaLiga huge club for Juventus.
In summer 2018, it was rumored that Madrid will recruit Neymar. But, Los Blancos’ management denied the rumor saying that they would recruit the world’s most expensive player that is still in contract with Parc des Princes until June 2022.