A few days ago, the Brazilian footballer Dani Alves was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for having raped a woman in the bathroom of the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona in the early hours of December 31, 2022.
Faced with this situation, Barcelona, one of the clubs where he sealed a successful step and knew how to shine alongside the Argentine star Lionel Messi, made the blunt decision to
withdraw the status of the club's legendary footballer from the 40-year-old Brazilian
.
The experienced right back played 408 games
and won three Champions League titles, three European Super Cups, three Club World Cups, four editions of the Copa del Rey, four Spanish Super Cups and six League titles in eight years wearing the Blaugrana shirt. in two different cycles.
Dani Alves was part of the select list made up of
102 historical players who achieved this consideration in 125 years of history of the institution
.
But Barcelona did not hesitate for a second and deleted the image that appeared of Dani Alves on its official website, within the historical players section.
This is in addition to the drastic measure taken by the authorities of Bahia - the club where Alves trained and won three titles during his stay - which included removing his image from the museum located in the Arena Fonte Nova, in Salvador.
As if this were not enough, some residents of Juazeiro, his hometown, vandalized the statue that the town inaugurated in 2020 with bags and ribbons in order to recognize his career.
The residents of Juazeiro vandalized the statue of Dani Alves.
Despite the insistence of the residents of Juazeiro to get rid of the statue, the mayor confirmed that it will be removed "when there is a final ruling."
It should be remembered that the sentence that Dani Alves received is not final and can be appealed by his defense and by the legal team that represents the girl who reported him.