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Gerard Pique: Barcelona players offered to change contracts to help bring Neymar back

Gerard Pique has revealed the lengths Barcelona players were willing to go to last summer to help their club bring Neymar back to the Camp Nou.

Neymar made it clear he wanted to quit Paris Saint-Germain in the transfer window and go back to his former club but the two clubs were unable to agree a fee.

Pique says the Barcelona players did their bit to try and help the transfer go through and explained what they were willing to sacrifice.

“We didn’t stump up money,” he said.

”What we said to the president was whether we could change our contracts because we knew there was a Financial Fair Play issue.