Neymar Agent denies Chelsea approach

(GSM) – Brazilian youngster Neymar‘s agent Wagner Ribeiro announced that Chelsea have not made an approach to sign.

Another one of the Santos forward’s representatives, Augusto Frederico Pena, previously announced that he would likely leave Brazil in the summer, with Chelsea or Manchester City the destination.

However, Ribeiro has now said that his client has not entered negotiations with the Stamford Bridge outfit over a possible move.

“It isn’t true at all that I had a meeting with people from Chelsea for negotiating Neymar,” he told.

Agent continued that, “Nobody got in touch with either me or his father and even less with the officials of Santos. The only moment they showed interest in Neymar was two years ago when he was 16 years old.”

He explained the past incident, “In that moment they came to Brazil and saw him in action personally during the Sao Paulo Youth Cup.”

Neymar is one of the most sought-after talents in world football, with several of Europe’s top clubs ready to secure his signature.

But his agent is adamant that Santos do not yet want to sell the player, instead hinting that they could hold out for a mega-money deal later in the summer transfer window.

He said that the Brazilian youngster has a contract besides not interested to quit present club, “On the other hand the president Luis Alvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro has said to me that he doesn’t want to sell Neymar and that is true because the club has signed a new contract with him until December 2014. And the most important thing is that Neymar isn’t interested in leaving the team.”

“And we know that we will have much more offers for him after the World Cup,” he explained.