Dani Alves’s future at Barcelona has been thrown into further doubt following remarks by his representative.
Dinorah Santana, who is the player’s former girlfriend and also acts as his agent, told Cadena Ser’s ‘Que t’hi jugues’ programme she had doubts over whether Barca really wanted to extend the Brazil international’s contract.
“If the club wanted to extend his agreement then they should already have done so. I wouldn’t have done things that way,” said Santana in criticism of the club’s management, before claiming the 31-year-old will not be short of offers.
“Clubs that want him will emerge in December or January and then we’ll see what he wants to do, although we haven’t spoken to anybody.
“Dani just wants to concentrate on playing and not worry about the future.”
Alves’ contract at the Camp Nou expires in 2015, although the player was convinced it contained a clause that specified it would be automatically renewed until 2016, something former boss Tito Vilanova was also sure of.
“Tito told us he wasn’t worried because the contract ran until 2016. Afterwards, when we looked at it, that wasn’t the case,” Santana alleged.