Roberto Carlos promises to bring Neymar from Barcelona to Real Madrid

Both Neymar himself and his father have confirmed that United did try to secure his services during the summer mercato, after Brazilian newspaper Globo Esporte reported that Louis van Gaal was launching a €190m (£143m, £206m) bid to make the 23-year-old star his marquee signing.

Regarding Barca striker Neymar, he added: “I can take him to Real Madrid“.

However, AS report that the animosity between Pogba’s representative Mino Raiola and Real Madrid could prevent any deal from happening, with the super-agent reportedly offended when former Real manager Carlo Ancelotti dismissed talk of the club’s interest in his most prized client.

“Neymar is very young”, Roberto Carlos told Punto Pelota.

The Brazilian legend might join Real Madrid’s coaching staff, according to his own words.

Zidane was appointed as manager of Los Blancos last week and got his reign off to a flying start with a 5-0 drubbing of Deportivo La Coruna in his debut first-team managerial outing.

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos on Tuesday expressed his satisfaction at the replacement of Rafael Benitez as Real Madrid coach by Zinedine Zidane. I am sure that he will make history in Madrid since he is a simple man, with players having fun and a leader. “Before he moved to Barcelona [from Santos in 2013] I already spoke with him about [a potential move to Real Madrid]”.

Gareth Bale netted a hat-trick in that match, and Carlos believes that Zidane can continue to improve the Welshman, in addition to claiming that he might be able to bring compatriot and Barcelona attacker Neymar to the Bernabeu.

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