Ex-Rangers forward reveals failed move to Brazilian giants
The 31-year-old was linked with a surprising transfer to the Brazilian giants in January this year.
However, the switch never materialised, and Windass ended the season at Sheffield Wednesday, who finished 12th in the Championship.
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Speaking about the potential move, Windass said [Open Goal]: "I had a call off a number I didn't know, a foreign number.
"I rang it back and I texted it saying 'Who is this? He said, 'It's Pedro [Caixinha], can you give us a ring?'
"So I rang it, and he was like 'Big Josh, do you want to come and play for me again?
"I said, 'If you pay me, yeah, I will'.
"And then they put a bid in to Sheffield Wednesday and it got turned down straight away, so I couldn't do anything about it."
Windass added that the move "never got that far".
He said: "They put in an offer, it got knocked back.
"I spoke to Sheffield Wednesday and they said, 'You're not leaving, you're staying until the end of the season no matter what'."
Santos signed Neymar not long after they were linked with Windass.
The Englishman quashed any suggestions that the ex-Barcelona and PSG star was a transfer alternative: "He was always going anyway," he said.
Windass played 73 times for Rangers, scoring 19 goals and assisting 13.
He departed shortly after Steven Gerrard initially joined the club.
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