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Del Bosque: Majority of Barcelona didn't want Neymar return

Former Real Madrid coach Vicente del Bosque believes there's many inside Barcelona happy they failed to sign Neymar.

Barca pushed hard all summer to reach terms with PSG for their former attacker, but Monday's deadline fell with Neymar still in Paris.

Del Bosque said, "I think it would be good for the Spanish Liga for him to come, but if I were from a club, I would not have brought him.

"Just as I say, he is a great player, but I don't like him for other things. With Barcelona he has behaved irregularly. Or bad. Or very badly.

"If you do a survey within Barcelona, there would surely be more than fifty percent reluctant for him to come back."

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