Posted November 16, 2021 at 1:00 a.m. by Th.B.
After several appeals from the press, Dani Alves saw his wish come true last Friday with the announcement of FC Barcelona of the return of the Brazilian. Nevertheless, if Ronald Koeman had retained his post, the defender should have given up on this dream.
“Finally the return home. I'm happy to be able to come back to the best club in the world. I have been trying to come back for a long time and I am very happy ”. Here is the umpteenth message delivered by Dani Alves about his return to FC Barcelona , a little more than five years after his departure for Juventus . Since then, the 38-year-old right-back has known PSG and Sao Paulo. After the termination of his contract with the Brazilian club, Alves had revealed on his Instagram account that he did not intend to sign for another club before the end of the current season. However, the return of Xavi Hernandez to FC Barcelona would have turned everything upside down.
Ronald Koeman didn't want Dani Alves!
On the occasion of the publication of his column Here We Go for CBS Sports, Fabrizio Romano provided an update on the great comeback of Dani Alves at FC Barcelona, where it will be presented on Wednesday afternoon. According to the journalist, Alves would have liked to return to FC Barcelona at any cost, but his will was hampered by that of Ronald Koeman , who would not have shared this feeling when he was stationed on the bench of the club before being fired at the very end of October. Dani Alves is expected to return to his former teammate Xavi Hernandez who has, unlike Koeman , gave the green light. Subsequently, the agreement between FC Barcelona and the Alves clan would have been reached in just a few hours.