ROME (ITALPRESS) – Dani Alves could return to football… for his team. The former Barcelona and Juventus defender is close to finalizing the purchase, along with a group of investors backing him, of a Portuguese third-division team.
Specifically, negotiations are nearing completion with Sao Joao de Ver, a team currently ranked tenth in the Portuguese third-division Serie A, where the Brazilian could end his career. Alves is considering playing for the Portuguese club for six months, years after hanging up his boots due to legal troubles that landed him in prison just a couple of years ago.
Alves recently returned to the spotlight when news broke of his new life as a preacher, and he is reportedly determined to return to the sport at 42 for the club he owns. The former Brazilian international stopped playing in January 2023, when he was accused of sexual assault and put on trial in Spain. Following his acquittal by the Spanish courts last March, the Brazilian would like to retire from football but not before putting on his boots again.
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