Real Madrid denies Neymar bid: 'This information is outright false'

Real Madrid issued a statement Monday denying Spanish media reports the club had made an official offer for Paris Saint-Germain star forward Neymar.

Spanish outlet Television Espanola (TVE) had reported the capital club made a mammoth €310-million bid for the 26-year-old.

That claim has been vociferously dismissed by Real Madrid, however, which moved quickly to distance itself from the former Barcelona star.

"Given the information issued tonight by TVE on a supposed offer of Real Madrid to PSG and player Neymar, Real Madrid CF said that this information is outright false," Los Blancos said in a statement. "Real Madrid has not made any kind of offer to PSG or the player.

"Real Madrid are surprised that the Spanish public television network would choose to broadcast entirely false information without anyone from the outlet having first contacted any of the parties concerned to corroborate the supposed information, which would have been quite easily discredited."

The price cited in TVE's report would have far eclipsed the previous world-record transfer fee set by Neymar's move to PSG from Barca just a year ago.

The Brazilian has been linked with a move to the Bernabeu for some time, with speculation increasing in recent months due to suggestions the star is unhappy in Paris.

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