Posted on December 30, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. by Th.B.
FC Barcelona have recorded the return of a former icon in the person of Dani Alves. And the Brazilian side was keen to ensure that without Joan Laporta, but especially if Josep Maria Bartomeu had remained in office as club president, he would not have returned.
In July 2017, a year after some FC Barcelona executives encouraged him to postpone his desires for elsewhere, < strong> Dani Alves finally left Barça to sign for Juventus . Four years later and three experiences at Juve, PSG and Sao Paulo , the iconic right-back of the Blaugrana club has returned to the club and will make his official debut in January. However, Alves has agreed to reunite with its former president Joan Laporta and take part in the reconstruction project of Xavi Hernandez. But without Laporta , and especially with his predecessor Josep Maria Bartomeu , Dani Alves would never have set foot at FC Barcelona again.
“I left when he was president and it didn't make sense to come back to work with him”
“I had the feeling that I would come back to Barça, and even so many people were surprised i'm back. We have to work to rebuild a great Barça, and for that we need stability and solidarity ”. first assured Dani Alves to Alkass Sports Channels and in comments relayed by SPORT. Subsequently, the new number 8 of FC Barcelona confided that he would not have returned to Barça if Josep Maria Bartomeu had always sat in the presidency of FC Barcelona. “I would not have accepted an offer from him, I left when he was president and that did not make sense to come back to work with him ”.