Goal reported that Brazilian veteran Alves, who played for Barca, urged the team's senior management to sign Messi back. Alves hopes that the Barça club can take good care of Messi, and at the same time, Alves is also an old teammate who shouts, "There is no better place than Barca".
Alves, who has returned to Barca, admits that the atmosphere in the camp nou dressing room is strange now, because the club's top scorer Messi cannot be seen, who has not retired in history but is already a legendary superstar. Messi has been at Barca for 20 years, but last summer, Messi announced that he was leaving Barca to join Paris. At the press conference to bid farewell to Barca, Messi was also in tears.
Alves, who has been away from Barca for five and a half years, has returned to the familiar Camp Nou, saying: "Messi is not there, the atmosphere in the Barca dressing room is different, weird. Messi is the best player in the history of football, it is strange not to see him here, Barca without Messi. ”
"Some things don't happen the way we dreamed we designed, and I've already told Messi that there's no better place to be than Barca. That's what Messi said to me when I left Barca. If Messi can retire at Barca, that would be great. Returning to Barca and retiring at Barca is a great gift for Messi and I believe the club can handle it. Alves said.
Messi made 778 appearances for Barca from 2004 to 2021, scoring a total of 672 goals and helping the club win 35 trophies.