Dani Alves has revealed he has come close to moves to Liverpool, Chelsea and Real Madrid during his career.
The Paris Saint-Germain defender has spent his career at a host of Europe’s top clubs, winning three Champions League titles over eight years at Barcelona before spending a season at Juventus and then heading to the French capital.
Alves did not always enjoy the best of relationships with the Barcelona hierarchy and hinted at a move to Chelsea in the summer of 2015.
However that was not the only time he could have swapped La Liga for the Premier League.
“I pretty much had an agreement with Liverpool,” Alves told FourFourTwo, recounting an incident from 2006, two years before he joined Barcelona from Sevilla.
“But for whatever reason it didn’t happen at the last moment and I really don’t know why, as I wasn’t the one conducting the negotiations. I had other people representing me back then.
“Something similar happened later in my career with Chelsea and Real Madrid. Of course, it all worked out happily for the Cules [Barcelona fans] in the end, and also for me as I was able to write an amazing story at the Camp Nou instead.”
