Legendary Brazilian right-back Dani Alves announced that he is leaving Barcelona for a second time after returning to the club last year.The 39-year-old, who rejoined Barca last November on a short-term deal until the end of the season, confirmed he would not be extending his contract.”I would like to thank all the staff for the opportunity they gave me to return to this club and to be able to wear that wonderful shirt again, you don’t know how happy I am.” Thursday, 02.30: (1.40) Flamengo (4.80) Cuiaba (8.50)Alves made 408 appearances in total for Barcelona, with 391 of those coming in his first spell from 2008/2016. During that initial stint, he won six La Liga titles, three Champions League crowns and four Copa del Rey trophies.Ig Alves: “Dear Culés,It’s time for us to say goodbye.It was more than 8 years dedicated to this club, to these colours and to this home, but like everything in life, years go by, roads divert and stories are written for some time in different places and so it was.” [danialves] pic.twitter.com/33TBGCqddA— barcacentre (@barcacentre) June 15, 2022 He is still in line to be named in Brazil’s squad for the Qatar World Cup later this year and started both of their friendly wins over Japan and South Korea earlier this month.Barcelona are now optimistic over their chances of signing Chelsea’s captain Cesar Azpilicueta in the current window as a replacement. The Spanish international has not made any binding decision over his future, but reports in recent weeks stress that he has been pushing for a move to Camp Nou.
