Rio Ferdinand has revealed his regret at Manchester United's failure to land Neymar.
The Brazilian superstar completed a stunning world-record move to PSG earlier this month and scored on his debut against Guingamp on Sunday.
He has been heavily linked with United in recent years and Ferdinand believes he would have been the perfect addition, reports the Manchester Evening News.
"Neymar’s up for £196m… Man United are one of the richest clubs in the world," he told his Youtube channel Five .
"I would have loved to have seen him go to Manchester United.
"Neymar in a red Man United shirt? Number 7, woah, or number 11.
"Dirty, it would have been dirty but it wasn’t to be."
United broke the world transfer record last summer to re-sign Paul Pogba from Juventus for £89.3m
And, although Neymar has gone for more than double that fee, Mourinho believes it should not come as a surprise.
"When we paid that amount for Paul I told that he was not expensive," he said earlier this month. "Expensive are the ones that get into a certain level without a certain quality.
"I think with Neymar it's going to happen the same, I don't think he's expensive for £200million, I don't think he's expensive, I think he's expensive the fact that now you are going to have more players of £100million and you are going to have more players at £80million and you are going to have more players at £60million.
"And I think that's the problem because Neymar is one of the best payers in the world, commercially he's very strong and, for sure, Paris Saint-Germain thought about it, so I don't think the problem is Neymar, I think the problem is the consequences."