While it looked for all the world like he had one foot in the door at Man City just a fortnight ago, Dani Alves has instead signed for PSG today on a two-year deal.
The Ligue 1 side unveiled their latest acquisition at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, leaving the man himself to start printing his own replica shirts up…
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According to quotes being carried by L’Equipe, Alves had this to say for himself:
There was not only interest from Man City but from other English clubs.
I have often said the Premier League intrigues me a lot and there is a very interesting project there, too. I did speak with City officials.
But I have friends here [in Paris] and my wife loves this city. I was a little bit selfish when I went to Juve, I didn’t listen to my wife or friends.
This time, I tried to be less selfish and to please everyone. I believe in happiness – that’s why I made the decision to come here.
If Guardiola feels wronged, I apologise.
The word is that after hearing of City’s interest, PSG chucked an enormous £230,000-a-week contract at Alves – almost twice what City were offering in terms of salary (£120,000).
Given that he’s already 34, you can hardly blame the bloke for being swayed France-wards.