Real Madrid rejected £61 million plus Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool for Gareth Bale.
Coutinho was heavily linked with a move to Los Blancos’ rivals Barcelona, but Brazilian author Edicinoes Amphora suggested an offer was on the table for Real.
Neymar’s world-record £198 million transfer from Barca to French giants PSG might sound like a revealation now, but last year things could’ve gone different.
Liverpool tried to do a clever piece of business, but Real Madrid rejected £61 million plus Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool for Gareth Bale.
However, it also allegedly reveals that there were conversations between Neymar’s agent Pini Zahivi, who is a friend of Bale’s representative Jonathan Barnett.
But Real Madrid were reluctant to sell the Welsh star unless there was an opportunity to swap him for Kylian Mbappe, their main transfer target of last summer.
Contrary to Barcelona transfer, the Brazilian attacker, Coutinho was not a major target at Real Madrid.
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