The happy endings tend to be over-emotional. Even pathetic sometimes if the undisputable love is presented to us without a necessary smoothness and sincerity. But this particular one, involving bleeding Barcelona and veteran Dani Alves, has just enough ingredients to be spicy, yet it doesn’t go over the edge despite its colourful details.Quick fix for Barca as legendary Dani Alves returns to help out his old teammate XaviColourful in which way, you might ask. Well, we guess it’s not a common thing to see a player signing a contract barefooted, just to start with. And that’s exactly what the Brazilian full-back did today at Camp Nou. That’s his way of saying gratitude and demonstrating admiration for the turf that made him a household name in the world of football.Dani, what’s that smell? pic.twitter.com/BUgEHGEK6M— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 17, 2021 After a successful spell at Seville, Alves joined the Blaugrana in 2008 and spent eight years with the Cule, winning every possible trophy numerous times. Both he and the club had reached unprecedented heights, but those days are over.The contemporary Barca resembles more a wounded giant that is on the verge of death than a European superpower that had ruled the continent as recently as 2015. On the other hand, in the meantime, Alves has had stints at Juventus, PSG and Sao Paulo and is slowly reaching his 40’s. The time has come for him to settle down and there’s probably a no better place for that than in the city of Barcelona.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Alves’ words on today’s unveiling at Camp Nou, after he signed a contract until the end of the season, prove it for sure…”I arrived as a child and now I am a 38-year-old boy. I went around the world to get here and it is clear to me that there’s no one like Barca,” the barefooted Brazilian stated, after he took off his flip flops, and added:”I knew that Barca had difficulties and I wanted to help. I wanted to be here. Even if it means to play for free, whatever…Flip flops in 2008Flip flops in 2021@DaniAlvesD2 pic.twitter.com/vpchCXErE3— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 17, 2021 The Brazilian then took to the pitch without anything on his feet and picked a few strands of grass of the Barcelona pitch and sniffed them in front of the cameras.”Smells like Camp Nou, smells like titles,” he said. ”It smells like cups.”Alves then gave an explainer to the cameras about why he was wearing flip flops for such an important day.”I’m wearing flip flops because some things can change but others can’t,” he said, bearing in mind he came wearing them in 2008 too.##NAJAVA_MECA_5983658##Alves will take the No. 8 shirt on his return to the Spanish giants, who are currently ninth in the LaLiga standings.”To return here is an honour, a pleasure; to be able to share it with you again.”I come to learn from you now, the new world. From the old one, I want to convey one thing; to know what It represents this club and this shirt. ”I have been abroad and this is the best place to do great things, to live. You are here; value it, because there is nothing better outside. It is a pleasure to be here with you. I’ve come to do great things, because this club is made of this, of doing great things, ” concluded Dani Alves.
