Dani Alves: most successful footballer in history on the doorstep

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An himself things went really well for Dani Alves – at least as far as his career in the national team is concerned. The 38-year-old full-back recently led the Brazilian selection at the Olympic Games as captain to victory at the Summer Games in Tokyo.

Despite his high footballing age, he can justifiably hope for a place in the squad for the World Cup in the coming year, after all, he was substituted on by national coach Tite in the 2-0 win against Peru in the past international break. The tournament in Qatar would be the last chance for the world title, which Alves is still missing.

Alves was particularly successful during his time in Spain, and his collection of titles is well-stocked. There are three Champions League victories (2009, 2011, 2015) with FC Barcelona, ​​the first two of them in the glorious time in which the Blaugranas under Pep Guardiola seemed almost invincible. But there are also nine national championship titles spread across Spain (6), France (2) and Italy (1). And last but not least, there is the state championship in Sao Paulo this year, the oldest football competition in Brazil.

It was the only title Alves was able to secure in his home country after moving from Paris St. Germain to Sao Paulo FC in 2019. And it will probably be the last – at least for this Kub. Because the most successful player in football history with 46 titles won has been without a club since Friday. Alves was fired after failing to show up for training.

Club owes Alves 1.8 million euros

Background should be the lack of salary payments from his club. According to Brazilian media reports, it should be around 1.8 million euros, at least more than half of his estimated annual salary of three million euros. Reason enough for the defense attorney to go on strike until they have the full amount outstanding in their account.

The club is well aware of its misconduct. “We acknowledge this debt. So last week made a proposal to settle them. The proposal was not accepted by the player’s representatives. Negotiations are ongoing, ”declared the club’s sports director Carlos Belmonte. Nevertheless, the club now pulled the ripcord, although Alves actually still had a contract until 2022.

Turbulent weeks in Brazil

“Sao Paulo is bigger than a man,” added Belmonte in the direction of his now ex-captain. “We made the decision and informed coach Hernan Crespo that Dani Alves will no longer play for Sao Paulo,” said a statement. For Brazilian football, it is the next exciting thing after already turbulent weeks.

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On the one hand, there was concern about Pelé. Also in Sao Paulo, the football legend had to be operated on on the bowel. According to official information from the hospital, he is on the mend, but is still in the intensive care unit. Things didn’t go as planned on the pitch either. The planned Superclásico in the World Cup qualification turned into a Corona scandal because officials from the health authority Anvisa entered the field after a few minutes to take three Argentine players off the pitch for alleged violations of the Corona regulations. The game was canceled.

In addition, there is the dispute between the Brazilian association and the English Premier League. The association, together with Chile, Mexico and Paraguay, demanded a ban for all professionals who had not traveled from England to the international matches. The Premier League clubs had agreed not to deploy professionals in countries on the so-called red list of the British government because of the corona pandemic. This includes all South American countries. After all, there is now agreement that the eleven professionals concerned may appear at the weekend.