With news that Dani Alves is back with Barcelona, the Brazilian defender took to social media to express his delight at the move and a return home.
Dani Alves is seen be many as the greatest right-back in the history of the club and the Blaugrana side have struggled to replace him since he left in 2016. After spells with Juventus, PSG and Sao Paulo, he's back at the Camp Nou.
"Almost five years of fighting like crazy to get to that point. I didn't know it would last so long, I didn't know it would be so hard," Alves wrote on Instagram.
"But I knew within my heart and within my soul that this day would come. I am coming back home to a place that I never left.
"See you soon with the same desire to help rebuild the best club in the world!"
The 38-year-old will join up with the Barcelona squad immediately, he will not be able to be registered to play until January, but has signed on until the end of the season.
In eight glorious years in Catalonia, Alves made 391 appearances and scored 23 goals. Perhaps most impressively, he lifted 23 trophies with the club.
Nwokeoma34
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It can never be a problem for Barcelona. He is not coming to play regularly rather Barcelona want him to help to impact his experience on the young players n to help them to develop as the club legend(who gave everything to the club with deep love) This is not the first time such return to club had happened. The most recent happened in Man united between SAF n Poul Scholes. ManU midfield was in a mess with young players injured players for almost half of the season. SAF requested Scholes comes back from retirement to help the team solve their midfield crisis. He did that. Scholes own was even worst because he was older than Alves not only that he was already retired whereas Alves is still active playing. Ure a ManU fan so just before u condemn this move remember ur club once made such moveπ€ͺπ€ͺπ€ͺ
Nandha77
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Mr Trophies : π to π Forca Barca πβ€
madrid_dna
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i respect u legend I'm a Madrid fan but wat u have done is awesome thanks for coming back to save Barca others left have destroy and has left for money but they have now become flops in a farmers league π€¦
Dragonkai
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Real be Like : "we still Gonna Defeat You"
Fauzisma
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i respect u legend I'm a Madrid fan but wat u have done is awesome thanks for coming back to save Barca others left have destroy and has left for money but they have now become flops in a farmers league π€¦
the dog has opened his mouth ππππππ
kaocdeinu
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It can never be a problem for Barcelona. He is not coming to play regularly rather Barcelona want him to help to impact his experience on the young players n to help them to develop as the club legend(who gave everything to the club with deep love) This is not the first time such return to club had happened. The most recent happened in Man united between SAF n Poul Scholes. ManU midfield was in a mess with young players injured players for almost half of the season. SAF requested Scholes comes back from retirement to help the team solve their midfield crisis. He did that. Scholes own was even worst because he was older than Alves not only that he was already retired whereas Alves is still active playing. Ure a ManU fan so just before u condemn this move remember ur club once made such moveπ€ͺπ€ͺπ€ͺ
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I remembered that Scholes coming back then helped Man United to win Premier League that same season... Nobody saw it coming at all... Am a man utd fan however I would be glad to see both man utd and barca come back to the top where they belong...
Agraj_30
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the dog has opened his mouth ππππππ
The real question is...... who let the Madridogs out??π€£π€£
MrPerfect
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i respect u legend I'm a Madrid fan but wat u have done is awesome thanks for coming back to save Barca others left have destroy and has left for money but they have now become flops in a farmers league π€¦
hahahaha... it's coming out of frustration that How a player single handedly fucked ur club so badly.. multiple times..
PhoeniX_GaminG
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It can never be a problem for Barcelona. He is not coming to play regularly rather Barcelona want him to help to impact his experience on the young players n to help them to develop as the club legend(who gave everything to the club with deep love) This is not the first time such return to club had happened. The most recent happened in Man united between SAF n Poul Scholes. ManU midfield was in a mess with young players injured players for almost half of the season. SAF requested Scholes comes back from retirement to help the team solve their midfield crisis. He did that. Scholes own was even worst because he was older than Alves not only that he was already retired whereas Alves is still active playing. Ure a ManU fan so just before u condemn this move remember ur club once made such moveπ€ͺπ€ͺπ€ͺ
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I was going to write something like this but you got it covered. These fake Barca fans are just that fake and have no clue what they are talking about. Old legendary players can come back and help the youth develop. Seeing Dani come back and know his rule is limited shows he wants to help bring back this club to its former glory. Visca Barca!
Mosanya
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One week ago: Xavi announced as manager Today: Dani Alves returning to the club Barcelona fans:
Mosanya
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Dani Alves is set to join BarΓ§a but this time his best friend isnβt there.π