Italian giants Juventus confirmed on Thursday they would release right-back Dani Alves from the final year of his contract.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is known to be interested in the 34-year-old, whom he knows from their time together at FC Barcelona.
Juventus chief executive Beppe Marotta said Alves had “expressed a desire to try a new experience’’.
Marotta said Juventus hoped to reach a “mutual termination’’ with Alves.
He wished the Brazilian good luck for the future.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alves has only been with Juve for a year, winning Serie A and reaching the UEFA Champions League final.
Prior to that, he had spent eight seasons at FC Barcelona.
The first four of those were under Guardiola, a period when the pair shared in two Champions League triumphs and won La Liga on three occasions.
Manchester City do not have an experienced right-back after releasing out-of-contract duo Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna.
Guardiola has been linked with Tottenham’s Kyle Walker as well as Alves, who he bought for FC Barcelona from Sevilla for £23m in 2008.