Glasgow Times

Neymar: Myheart isatReal Madrid

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BARCELONA star Neymar has stunned Nou Camp fans by saying he wishes he had joined Real Madrid.

The 26-year-old reckons he made the wrong move from Santos after watching Madrid take Europe by storm this season.

Zinedine Zidane’s team can win their third Champions League in four years when they take on Juventus in the final on June 3.

In contrast, Barcelona have lifted the trophy just once since 2011.

Neymar’s astonishin­g outburst has shone a light into the ongoing speculatio­n over his future.

And it will only heighten fears among Barca fans that he is poised for the worldbreak­ing move to the Premier League.

Meanwhile, Real chief Florentino Perez has given up on signing Chelsea’s Eden Hazard.

The Belgium internatio­nal has scored 16 Premier League goals this season – prompting talk Real could go in for him at the end of the season.

But Perez thinks the 26-year-old is too expensive.

Despite manager Zidane wanting to snap him up, Real are unwilling to match Chelsea’s reported offer of £300,000-a-week.

And Perez is also unwilling to fork out £60million to bring him to the Bernabeu.

Meanwhile, the race to be crowned champions of Spain will be decided on Sunday when Real Madrid and Barcelona play their final La Liga games of the season.

Zidane’s side are three points ahead of Barca, who are at home to eighth-placed Eibar at the same time as Real are away to Malaga, after winning their game in hand 4-1 away to Celta Vigo in midweek.

It is Real’s title to lose but Zidane, in his first full season in charge at the Bernabeu, is not celebratin­g just yet.

“The most difficult part is still to come even though we’re getting closer to the title every day,” he said.

“I don’t feel like we’re champions yet, we still need to pick up more points.”

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