Barcelona have announced an agreement with defender Dani Alves, according to the press service of the Spanish club.

The 38-year-old Brazilian will join training next week, but won't be able to play until January. The contract will be calculated until the end of the season. The footballer joined the Catalan club as a free agent.

" I didn’t know that it would be so difficult to return and that it would take so long, but deep down I was sure that it would happen.. I'm coming home from where I never left. I am one of you.

I don't know how long this dream will be, but let it be eternal. See you soon in the most amazing place for me. I will return with the same enthusiasm, with the same desire to help rebuild the best club in the world.. I am going back home! "

Recall that Alves played for Barcelona from 2008 to 2016 and won a huge number of different trophies with the club.

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