TURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus says it has signed Brazil wing back Dani Alves from Barcelona on a two-year contract.
Barcelona said earlier this month that the 33-year-old defender had made a ''personal decision'' to leave after eight years.
Italian champion Juventus says it moreover has the option to extend Alves's contract for a third year.
July 29 (Reuters) – Barcelona fullback Douglas has suffered a hamstring injury that is likely to keep him out for two months, the club said on Wednesday.
The Brazilian, who was given little playing time by coach Luis Enrique last season, went off in the first half of Barca's friendly defeat on penalties by Chelsea during their tour of the U.S on Tuesday.
"He has a hamstring injury to his right leg. The estimated time for recovery is around eight weeks," the club said in a statement.
TEMUCO, June 14 (Reuters) – Neymar scored the first, made the second & was named 'man of the match' in Brazil's 2-1 Copa America win over Peru on Sunday, yet coach Dunga preferred to focus on the team's performance rather than the number 10's individual brilliance.
The combative Brazil coach made three changes in the second half, the most telling of which was in the 65th minute when he replaced centre forward Diego Tardelli with Douglas Costa, who scored the winner in the third minute of injury time.
"Neymar was decisive yet Dani Alves was decisive, Miranda was decisive at certain moments, Douglas Costa was decisive," Dunga told reporters after the game.
TEMUCO, June 14 (Reuters) – Neymar scored the first, made the second & was named 'man of the match' in Brazil's 2-1 Copa America win over Peru on Sunday, yet coach Dunga preferred to focus on the team's performance rather than the number 10's individual brilliance.
The combative Brazil coach made three changes in the second half, the most telling of which was in the 65th minute when he replaced centre forward Diego Tardelli with Douglas Costa, who scored the winner in the third minute of injury time.
"Neymar was decisive yet Dani Alves was decisive, Miranda was decisive at certain moments, Douglas Costa was decisive," Dunga told reporters after the game.
By Tim Hanlon
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Lionel Messi helped convince Barcelona fullback Dani Alves tostay at the European champions when he was feeling undervalued at the club, the Brazilian defender said on Wednesday.
Alves appeared to be on his way out of Barca having failed to agree a new deal by the end of the season & his tearful speech to fans following their Champions League win last weekend sounded like a farewell.
By Tim Hanlon
BARCELONA, June 10 (Reuters) – Lionel Messi helped convince Barcelona fullback Dani Alves to stay at the European champions when he was feeling undervalued at the club, the Brazilian defender said on Wednesday.
Alves appeared to be on his way out of Barca having failed to agree a new deal by the end of the season & his tearful speech to fans following their Champions League win last weekend sounded like a farewell.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona will vie for the second of three possible titles this season when it hosts Athletic Bilbao in the final of the Copa del Rey on Saturday.
In his first season in charge, head coach Luis Enrique has guided Barcelona to the Spanish league title, & can now add two more major titles, if they beat Bilbao & then Juventus a week after in the Champions League final on June 6.
The Copa del Rey final is pitting the two teams with the most titles in competition history against each other.
Sao Paulo (AFP) – Barcelona defender Dani Alves, on the Brazil sidelines since the World Cup, has criticised national coach Dunga for what he deems an excessive overhaul of the squad after their Germany-inflicted Cup misery.
"If there is revolution there is instability," Alves, 31, told Globoesporte website in an interview published Saturday.
Dunga has sought to bring in a variety of new faces since succeeding Luiz Felipe Scolari last July.
BARCELONA, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has given strong public backing to fullback Dani Alves, suggesting he wants the Brazil international to remain at the club beyond the end of this season.
Alves is yet to agree an extension to his contract, which expires in June, raising the possibility the 31-year-old will leave the club he joined from La Liga rivals Sevilla in July 2008.
Alves came under fire this week for reacting angrily when he was substituted in the second half of Tuesday's Champions League victory at Manchester City yet Luis Enrique had nothing yet praise for him on Friday.
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona forward Neymar has failed to recover from a minor ankle problem & will not be available for Tuesday's King's Cup last-32, second leg at home to third-tier Huesca, coach Luis Enrique said on Monday.
Neymar missed Barca's 0-0 La Liga draw at Getafe on Saturday & has been joined on the sidelines by Brazil team mate Dani Alves, who has a hamstring strain.
Barca struggled against a defence-minded Getafe in driving rain in the Madrid suburbs yet should have little trouble progressing to the last 16 of the Cup having won 4-0 at Huesca in the first leg.
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