2022-07-29
Dani Alves was able to play in Manchester City after finishing his first stage in the Barcelona then go to the Juventus. Pep Guardiola I already knew him and wanted to manage him again when his contract with the Italian team ended, but the Brazilian decided on him PSG.
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Later, Alves returned to his country to serve in the Sao Paulo, then he returned to the Barça club and signed for only six months. Now, at 39, he plays in Mexico with the Pumas.
In dialogue with The Guardian, the defender recalled: “I regret it. It’s not that I chose PSG, not at all. I don’t regret playing for PSG, of course not. My time in France was incredible. But it was my fault that it didn’t work out with Manchester City. The deal was fine, but I had some personal problems and had to change my plans.”
Along the same lines, he confessed: “It would have been wonderful to work with the man who changed my life again. It left a bad taste not to have done it, to have failed him. I don’t like to let people down and especially those who believed, trusted me and helped me become who I am today. I called him and apologized (to Guardiola). I failed. But I am a human being and I make mistakes.
He added: “When I left the club, I just wanted to show my courage to come back. But sadly, the same people who were against me when I was there, stayed there. I showed that I could play for Barcelona for another 10 years. I tried to go back. I played to return to Barcelona, but they no longer wanted me”.
Alves fulfilled the dream of returning to the Camp Nou in January of this year, with the appointment of The door in the presidency, but only lasted six months. Xavi it separated him from the European competitions.
Finally, the footballer with the most titles in history (44) left for the second time and landed in Mexico. Alves He will face his ex on August 7 for the Joan Gamper Trophy and hopes to say goodbye to the culé fans as he would have liked.
