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12th July 2022
03:22pm BST
Speaking to The Guardian, Alves - who featured 17 times for the Catalan club in his second spell - criticised the club by insisting that there must be a change of mindset if they are to challenge for trophies again.
"I didn't leave sad. I left happy to have returned to Barcelona. I dreamed for five years wanting to live this second moment," he said. "The only thing I didn't like was how my departure was handled."
"But this club has sinned in recent years. Barcelona don't care about the people who made history for the club.Alves made 408 appearances for Barcelona across his two spells in Spain, registering 22 goals and 105 assists - winning 23 trophies. He has racked up an astonishing trophy haul in his playing career. Related links:"I would like Barcelona to do things differently. I'm not talking about myself because my situation was another scenario. I am eternally grateful to Xavi and the president [Joan Laporta] for bringing me back.
"I found a club full of young people with incredible ideas on the pitch. But it needs to improve the work outside the field. The mindset is totally opposite to what we built a few years ago. Everything that happens on the field is a reflection of what happens outside.
"I'm supporting for Barcelona to come back to the top, but it's super-complicated. Football is more balanced, it's a collective game. And that has been left out at the club."
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