ALVES TALKS MESSI, BARCELONA RETURN
Dani Alves made a surprising return to Barcelona in November 2021. The Brazilian right-back returned to the Spanish La Liga side some days after the club appointed Xavi Hernandez as their new manager. The 38-year-old was a free agent when the Catalan giants pounced on the chance to bring him back to the Nou Camp.
Brazilian defender Dani Alves became a free agent in September 2021. The veteran player refused to train at Sao Paulo due to unpaid wages on his return from national team duty at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Dani Alves was the Brazil skipper as they retained their gold medal in the football event at the Olympics in Tokyo, Japan last summer. Brazil had earlier won their maiden gold medal on home soil as they saw off Germany to win the football event at the 2016 Olympics in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.