Brazil star Neymar says PSG paid too much for him and he is not proud of being the most expensive football of all time.

The French champions bought the striker from Barcelona after activating his enormous release clause by offering €222m (£200m).

"I'm not proud of the transfer fee, nor of the fact I'm the most expensive player ever," he told Spox . "That's just money and nothing else. I cannot help it. Personally, I would have paid less for myself.

"I always wanted to be special. That was my goal very early - actually from the moment I started playing football for a club. That was at the age of 11. It may sound clumsy, but from then on I've tried to get better every single day and get to my best.

"I really worked and sacrificed every day of my life to become a professional one day. That was the only dream I ever had. I dreamed of playing for Santos's first team, being invited to the national team and one day going to Europe. It was not foreseeable at the time that I would succeed, but I kept thinking about it. There was nothing else for me.

"I'm proud that I've achieved my childhood goal. That was, and is, most important to me. As a player you always have to show who you are and assert yourself. Just referring to the transfer fee does not help you and says nothing about how good you really are."