De Jong convinced by Neymar’s text messages

Frenkie De Jong was convinced by text messages sent from Neymar to former colleagues at Barcelona to reject Paris Saint-German and sign for the Catalan club.

According to a report from Spanish daily AS, a series of messages from the Brazil star was shown to De Jong as he weighed up whether to leave Ajax for PSG or Barcelona. 

As part of the contents in the messages, Neymar reportedly complained about the level of competition PSG face in France, the combativeness of their Ligue 1 rivals and the weather, while he admitted he had made a mistake in leaving Barcelona. 

De Jong held talk with both PSG and Manchester City , but decided to shun their advances and signed a contract with Barcelona.

Barcelona signed De Jong for a fee around £70million and the Dutch international will say goodbye to Ajax in the summer and head to Camp Nou.

During his unveiling, De Jong, 21, revealed he had held talks with City and PSG, and Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde has accused Pep Guardiola of breaking the rules in his bid to land the Dutchman.

"Maybe if you talk to a player with a contract with another team," Valverde said.

"That can not be done, you can not talk to a player who has a contract.

"Recognize that you've done that ... it's not in my code.

"Say, everyone has their way of acting."