Xavi revealed the reason why he excluded Dani Alves from the Europa League

The signings of attackers ended up being detrimental to Dani Alves. FC Barcelona will play for the Europa League and, for this, Xavi Hernández chose a list of players who will be part of the match against Napoli. In it, the Barça coach decided not to include Dani Alves and confessed the reason why he did so

After several meetings with the sports management, the culé strategist decided that the Brazilian winger would be discarded and, in his last press conference, he explained that leaving the defender out of those registered in the European competition has caused him a lot of discomfort. “I feel bad about the decision”, he pointed.

Going deeper into his reasons for this decision, Xavi acknowledged that it would have been difficult to cut anyone and that the choice of Alves was purely tactical. “Whatever decision I made, I would feel that way. We chose Dani because of the position. We think we have the right side better covered than the front. It’s unfair to him.” assured.

Alves also spoke

There is no doubt that this was not pleasant news for the winger, who is considered one of the most competitive footballers of the last decade. However, despite the fact that he admitted that he did not like it, he assured that he perfectly understood the decision made by the coach. A few hours earlier, in an interview with #Vamos, he commented that he knew there were several candidates for his position.

“The coach knows what I think. I am always focused on trying to contribute as much as I can. We are employees. The club decides. I came to help, to add things, to bring a degree of competitiveness and winning spirit. If helping means staying out, welcome. They are phases of life that one has to accept. I would have liked to be inside, but unfortunately we were four players for three seats. I’m not going to get bad vibes. I will keep trying to help.” mentioned.

With its new players, FC Barcelona will make its next presentation at European level on February 17 in the match against Napoli, for the round of 32 of the Europa League. Alves assured that the club did a “great job” in the last market. “The club has done a great job, both Mateu Alemany and Jordi Cruyff and the president. The circumstances were not easy due to fair play and the signings made the team stronger. I am happy”, finished.

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