🎙️ Dani Alves Interview with Barça TV+ prior to his presentation 
Dani Alves 🗣️:
"Not even in my best dreams had I imagined being here at this moment. Many people say that the first time is unforgettable, but I think the second will be even more so. I know the house and I know what its people are like. "
"Not even in my best dreams had I imagined being here at this moment. Many people say that the first time is unforgettable, but I think the second will be even more so. I know the house and I know what its people are like. "
Alves on his return to Barça
🗣️: "I had been waiting for this moment for 5 years. I'd incredible seasons, but I couldn't go back. And when it seemed like I wouldn't ... Here I'm. We all know football. I always hoped to return , because I know that I can contribute to this club ".
🗣️: "I had been waiting for this moment for 5 years. I'd incredible seasons, but I couldn't go back. And when it seemed like I wouldn't ... Here I'm. We all know football. I always hoped to return , because I know that I can contribute to this club ".
🎙️ Dani Alves on how he feels
🗣️: "To say that I am very happy is not enough. The feeling I have is indescribable. I am going to experience things that I know are incredible. Now I have to work hard."
🗣️: "To say that I am very happy is not enough. The feeling I have is indescribable. I am going to experience things that I know are incredible. Now I have to work hard."
🎙️ Dani Alves Adds
🗣️: "I have evolved. When I arrived here I was a child. Now too, but 38 years old. I went around the world to come back here. nowhere. With a good vibe this club will go back to what it was.
🗣️: "I have evolved. When I arrived here I was a child. Now too, but 38 years old. I went around the world to come back here. nowhere. With a good vibe this club will go back to what it was.
Continuation...
"It is time for all of us to come together to win titles and celebrate them with the fans. "
"It is time for all of us to come together to win titles and celebrate them with the fans. "
🎙️Dani Alves on the Team
🗣️: "It is very easy to cheer on the team and all be united when it wins. It is in these moments where it is essential to be together. That is why I have returned, to spread my mentality to Barcelona.
🗣️: "It is very easy to cheer on the team and all be united when it wins. It is in these moments where it is essential to be together. That is why I have returned, to spread my mentality to Barcelona.
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"It is the most special and most demanding challenge for a simple reason: I've already lived it. "
"It is the most special and most demanding challenge for a simple reason: I've already lived it. "
🎙️ Dani Alves on people's critics
🗣️:"People outside the club will say that everything will be a disaster. Calm down. I speak in the field, here. And I respond better when they doubt me. It is very clear to me."
🗣️:"People outside the club will say that everything will be a disaster. Calm down. I speak in the field, here. And I respond better when they doubt me. It is very clear to me."
🎙️Dani Alves on his signing
🗣️: "It was very curious. I spoke with the president. I wanted to come back to help even if they didn't pay me anything. I don't promise anything that I can't keep. The children have to know what Barça is and I can teach them.
🗣️: "It was very curious. I spoke with the president. I wanted to come back to help even if they didn't pay me anything. I don't promise anything that I can't keep. The children have to know what Barça is and I can teach them.
Continuation...
I insisted a lot. until he told me that Xavi was the one to make the decision. So I thought he was going to come back. They increased my options because he knows how I am. When he called me, I reminded him that I was always ready to help. "
I insisted a lot. until he told me that Xavi was the one to make the decision. So I thought he was going to come back. They increased my options because he knows how I am. When he called me, I reminded him that I was always ready to help. "
🎙️ Dani Alves on his commitment to Barça
🗣️: "I didn't care how, I wanted to be at Barça. Free, whatever it was."
🗣️: "I didn't care how, I wanted to be at Barça. Free, whatever it was."
🎙️Alves on wearing the number 8
🗣️: "It is not important what is behind, but what is inside. When Abidal happened, I wanted to wear his number. With Xavi, the same. I told Stoichkov that if he returned to Barça I would do it with his bib number '8'.
🗣️: "It is not important what is behind, but what is inside. When Abidal happened, I wanted to wear his number. With Xavi, the same. I told Stoichkov that if he returned to Barça I would do it with his bib number '8'.
Continuation...
Then I sent a message to Iniesta to ask his permission and show him my respect. "
Then I sent a message to Iniesta to ask his permission and show him my respect. "
🎙️ Dani Alves on Re-encounter with Xavi
🗣️: "Four or five years ago we did a 'stage' in Qatar and I told him that I had to return to Barça. I was not ready yet, he replied. Ironies of fate, we have returned at the same moment."
🗣️: "Four or five years ago we did a 'stage' in Qatar and I told him that I had to return to Barça. I was not ready yet, he replied. Ironies of fate, we have returned at the same moment."
🎙️ Dani Alves on Criticism of Bartomeu
🗣️: "I am not here to teach anything to anyone. I am here to learn from everyone. Like Barça there is nothing and I told the squad that. I did not stay here and I regretted it, although I did it
🗣️: "I am not here to teach anything to anyone. I am here to learn from everyone. Like Barça there is nothing and I told the squad that. I did not stay here and I regretted it, although I did it
Continuation...
because I did not I wanted to see how they transformed the club. I saw that things did not flow. When I was without a contract, they did not want to renew me until they saw that they did not have anyone else.
because I did not I wanted to see how they transformed the club. I saw that things did not flow. When I was without a contract, they did not want to renew me until they saw that they did not have anyone else.
Continuation...
I only put the condition of being able to decide when to leave. They did not accept it and I I decided to leave before they threw me out. "
I only put the condition of being able to decide when to leave. They did not accept it and I I decided to leave before they threw me out. "
🎙️ Dani Alves on Change as a player
🗣️: "I have changed in many things, but not in one: the Barça fans will see the soul and the spirit. If they liked my first version, they will like the second one even more. I am more mature and I work hard more.
🗣️: "I have changed in many things, but not in one: the Barça fans will see the soul and the spirit. If they liked my first version, they will like the second one even more. I am more mature and I work hard more.
Continuation...
The answer will be seen on the pitch. I will honor this shirt. It may be the last one I wear. I have a very clear goal: to play the 2022 World Cup. Special things happen here, at Barça, and now I want to enjoy them. "
The answer will be seen on the pitch. I will honor this shirt. It may be the last one I wear. I have a very clear goal: to play the 2022 World Cup. Special things happen here, at Barça, and now I want to enjoy them. "
Dani Alves's interview on 'Barça TV' ends with:
🗣️: "I am fulfilling a promise I made to myself. Today I am not winning a battle. Today I win the war . It will be brutal."
🗣️: "I am fulfilling a promise I made to myself. Today I am not winning a battle. Today I win the war . It will be brutal."
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