La Liga giants Barcelona announced on Friday that, five years after leaving, 38-year-old right-back Alves finally returned to Camp Nou to sign a one-year free agent, reporting that he only paid a nominal salary of one euro a week.
Barca said in a statement: "Barcelona and Alves have reached an agreement in principle that players will join the first team for the remainder of the season. The Brazilian will start training next week, but won't be able to compete until January. The club will announce the full details during the official introduction ceremony of the new players. ”
Alves joined Barca in the summer of 2008 and made three hundred and ninety-one appearances for the Catalan team, scoring 23 goals, contributing 74 assists and winning 23 titles. After leaving the team in 2016, the Brazilian right-hand man joined Serie A giants Juventus, and then moved to São Paulo in 2019, leaving in September this year due to financial disputes.
Having helped his team win the Tokyo Olympic soccer gold medal this summer, he has been eager to play in next year's World Cup in Qatar, and returning to Barca is also hoping to achieve this goal.
Centre-back Maguire has been criticised for his repeated mistakes at Manchester United. He celebrated wildly after scoring for England in Friday's World Cup European qualifiers, putting his hands to his ears to clearly fight back against critics. However, this move was again bombarded by the Red Devils' famous Keane.
Maguire's recent performances at Manchester United have been impressive, especially the 11 goals conceded in the last four Premier League games, which has made him suffer from criticism from the outside world. The 28-year-old centre-back, who represented the Three Lions against Albania on Friday, scored for the team nine minutes into the opening nine minutes to help the team win 5-0.
After being recently criticized, he broke the door and put his hands near his ears as if to fight back at his critics. However, this once again caused him to be bombarded by the Red Devils' celebrity Keane: "He put his hand to his ear, presumably trying to silence his critics, which was embarrassing." He's been so bad at Manchester United over the past few months that he thinks one goal can erase everything? What an incorruptibility. ”