Following Man City's drawing of Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League draw, an interesting story has emerged regarding one of Barcelona's star players and the Manchester club's attempts to sign him before he join the La Liga side.
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A year and a half ago, Barca signed Neymar from Santos. According to Mark Ogden in The Telegraph today, City were highly interested in his signature. They ceased their interest however when they believed it clear the Brazilian was only interested in going to Spain.
Neymar claimed that customised football boots would be necessary for him to play on the muddy English pitches as it would be too heavy for his regular boot of choice.
