Influential agent Josep Maria Minguella has revealed PSG striker Kylian Mbappe wanted to join Barcelona in August.

Mbappe signed for PSG from Monaco, but not before pushing to join Barca, says Minguella.

He revealed to Cadena Cope: "This one should have been signed, they had him in their hands when it was known that Neymar was leaving, they were going to be 120 million and another 30 in extras.

"The boy, when he heard that Neymar was leaving, said that he only wanted to go to Barca, that he did not want to go to Paris and that in Madrid, with those three (the 'BBC'), he was not going to go either.

"In my broken French I told him that I was calling from Barcelona, that we were very interested in the player and Barça had explained the whole story to me. And Barça was with Dembelé, Dembelé and Dembelé. They messed up with Dembelé ... "

He continued: "I have nothing against (Barca president Josep Maria) Bartomeu but it is a disaster.

"These are key moments. When I found out that this player was possible for Barça and they gave me the phone number of the father ... I did not call for me and said it was the club, from Barcelona, with my French you can understand anything. And I understood perfectly that for Madrid and Paris he did not want to go."