He posted his envy and his joy on social networks this Wednesday morning when he heard the good news. Dani Alves, 38, the Brazilian defender recruited on November 12 by FC Barcelona where he played from 2008 to 2016 before joining PSG for two seasons, is finally qualified to play. His former partner and now coach Xavi had in this hope retained in the group for the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey in Linares (D3), this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. (on the L’Equipe channel). Logically, Xavi decided to start the Brazilian and offer him his first minutes of competition.
Olympic champion with the Brazilian selection in August at the Tokyo Olympics, the one that Barça had presented in his arrival statement as “the best right-back in the history” of the club, was training with the Blaugrana. Fifa regulations prohibited him from making a prior commitment with a new club after terminating his contract with FC Sao Paulo last September.
And if he could have taken part in the championship match last Sunday in Mallorca (1-0 victory), he was deprived of it due to a positive Covid test.
On Instagram, the former accomplice of Neymar, who had left Paris in June 2019, said, referring to his new history with Barça: “It was a beautiful dream, well, why not repeat it? “. Adding that he was “ready to fight again” The attackers from Spain are warned.