The first recruit of the Xavi era has the particularity of having evolved with the new coach of Barça in Catalonia.
FC Barcelona announced the return this Friday evening of its former right-back Dani Alves, now 38 years old.
Free from any contract, the former defender of PSG (2017-2019) is committed until the end of the season with FC Barcelona, in sporting difficulty in La Liga where he is only ninth place.
Olympic champion with the Brazilian selection in August at the Tokyo Olympics, the one Barça presents in his press release as "the best right-back in history" of the club will train with the Blaugrana from next week, but will not be able to compete match before January 2022. FIFA regulations prohibit Dani Alves from engaging this year with a new club after terminating his contract with FC Sao Paulo in September.
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- FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona_fra) November 12, 2021
A sextuplet with Barça in 2011
The player joined the Brazilian club after his two seasons in Paris.
Previously, he had stayed one year at Juventus Turin, and eight at Barça where he had won three Champions League and six Liga.
He was part of the Barcelona team in 2011 which had won a historic six-fold: championship, King's Cup, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup, European Supercup and Club World Cup.
Neymar's great friend had made the decision to leave PSG at the end of his contract in 2019. The Parisian club only offered him a new lease of one season plus another optional, where Dani Alves wanted two seasons full.
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