Desk Report
Publish: 13 Nov 2021, 06:41 pm
Dani Alves || Photo: Collected
Defender Dani Alves has
completed a shock return to Barcelona and becomes the first signing under new
coach Xavi Hernandez, the club announced Friday.
The Brazil international, 38,
had been a free agent since leaving Sao Paulo in September.
Sources previously told ESPN
that Barca were reluctant to bring back Alves, but the return of Xavi, who was
appointed as manger last week following the sacking of Ronald Koeman, caused a
change of opinion.
The club said in a statement:
"FC Barcelona and Dani Alves have reached an agreement in principle for
the player to join the football first team for the remainder of the current
season. The Brazilian will be joining training from next week but will not be
able to play until January.
"The club will announce
the full details at his official presentation as a new FC Barcelona
player."
Sources have told ESPN that
Xavi will be given less than €10 million to strengthen the faltering squad in
January, despite chief executive Ferran Reverter saying earlier this year that
the club would have double that amount.
Circumstances around the club's
January budget changed with lucrative extensions to young stars Ansu Fati and
Pedri, although the costs involved in firing Koeman and hiring Xavi will not
have a major effect on spending moving forward, sources have said.
Alves joined Barca from Sevilla
in 2008 and won 23 trophies during a glittering eight years at the club before
leaving for Juventus in 2016.
He later had a spell with Paris
Saint-Germain before leaving in 2019 to spend two years with Sao Paulo.
With the World Cup in Qatar
next year, Alves, who won an Olympic gold medal with his country this past
summer, is keen to find top-level football in a bid to make Tite's squad for
the tournament.
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