As claimed by the Brazilian forward's former agent, Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez, has always wanted to bring Neymar to the Santiago Bernabeu.

Agent Wagner Ribeiro spoke to ESPN's 'Canal do Nicola' show, where he said the Paris Saint-Germain and former Barcelona star had appealed to the Spanish capital giants for many years.

According to Ribeiro, he and Perez have spoken several times about Neymar, including in a meeting as recently as last year.

Ribeiro has been involved in deals to take several Brazilian players to Madrid, but Neymar has remained out of reach to the 13-time European champions.

Question is... has Neymar always wanted to be in Real madrid?

I'm sure he's being kind of "forced" by public pressure to go to Barca. In his heart of heart, he wants to be in RM.