Posted November 19, 2021 at 3:15 am by GdSS
While Daniel Alves would have received an offer from a Ligue 1 club before finally returning to FC Barcelona, certain elements may suggest that it would be OM.
More than five years after his departure from FC Barcelona, and then passages through Juventus , PSG and Sao Paulo , Daniel Alves is back in Catalonia! The 38-year-old Brazilian right-back formalized earlier this week his signing with the Blaugrana club, whose colors he had worn from 2008 to 2016. The Catalan daily Sport nevertheless revealed that a Ligue 1 team would have tried to sign free Alves these last weeks, but which club is it?
Alves was courted in Ligue 1… by OM?
The name of this French club does not not filtered in the Sport publication, but some elements could suggest that it is OM. Indeed, since the departure of 'Hiroki Sakai l 'last summer, Pol Lirola is the only true right-back in the workforce of Jorge Sampaoli, which therefore suggests that the latter could have been tempted by the profile of Alves who had been free since September. In addition, financially, few clubs have the means to be able to offer a contract worthy of the name to the Brazilian international, and those who can (PSG, OL , LOSC , AS Monaco …) are already well stocked at the right side position. It remains to be seen whether OM is this famous mystery club that tried it with Dani Alves …