Dani Alves is lower back at Barcelona five years after bringing an initial trophy-laden spell at Camp Nou to a near, with the Brazilian full-again making it clear that Catalunya would be the simplest destination for him as he mulled over profession alternatives on the age of 38.
The veteran defender accrued 23 trophies during his preceding stint with the Blaugrana, as he fashioned a part of iconic teams below the tutelage of Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique.
He has retraced the ones steps in a bid to help Barca thru a testing length on and rancid the field, with Alves being reunited with former crew-mate Xavi in familiar surroundings.
In mid-September, after two seasons lower back in his local Brazil, Alves noticed his contract terminated at Sao Paulo.
Having dropped right into a free agent pool, the buccaneering proper-back made the choice that he wanted to return to Europe – wherein he has also represented Sevilla, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain.
That preference turned into so sturdy that offers from teams in Mexico’s Liga MX have been knocked lower back, with one of these a -yr deal that became worth appreciably greater than the phrases agreed in Spain.
Alves, though, made it clean from the begin that his choice turned into to rejoin Barcelona, with the South American in no way shying far from the reality that he dreamt of turning out for the Blaugrana once more.
Following a public admission that he might be open to being absorbed back into the fold at Camp Nou, first contact changed into made by way of the Liga giants on the begin of October.
Alves become adamant that cash was not an problem and that he would be organized to just accept a earnings that in shape right into a enterprise version in Catalunya that is now all about preserving fees down.
With all parties willing to speak phrases, Alves’ representatives met with Mateu Alemany and Ramos Planes in mid-October.
