Premier League - Alves not interested in Chelsea

Eurosport - Wed, 18 Mar 12:19:00 2009

Barcelona defender Dani Alves has insisted he will not be leaving the club this summer despite reports Chelsea are set to make a bid for him at the end of the season.

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The Brazil international (pictured left) has been a key figure in Barca's impressive campaign since moving from Sevilla last summer.

His performances have reportedly again caught the attention of Chelsea, who tried to buy him in 2007, and the Blues have been linked with an offer of around 27 million euros.

However, Alves's media representatives released a statement claiming the 25-year-old right-back intends to see out the remainder of his contract at the Camp Nou and denied an article published in the Daily Mirror newspaper in which sources close to the player revealed he wishes to move to London.

"Daniel Alves knows about the interest of the London club today through the article in the... tabloid," the statement added.

"A denial is important in order to not give the wrong impression on this matter."

Alves has a four-year contract at Barca which includes a release clause of 90 million euros.

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  1. hey franlanpard03,
    I'm Rami working in Dubai and i­ would like to share with you the photos

    From Rami A, on Thu 19 Mar 4:52AM

  2. hey

    From Rami A, on Thu 19 Mar 4:50AM

  3. if Barca pays half of wat chelsea pays the players will­ stay their coz a team like chelsea doesnt hav History,­ Character, absolutely nothing. they had money now man­ city got much more. so ur nothing

    From buddyfar, on Wed 18 Mar 11:32AM

  4. ALL U CHELSEA HATERS GO F%č§)£!µ;URSELVES AND 4 PETES­ SAKE GET A LIFE COS CHELSEA IS BIG TIME 4EVA!!!!

    From Spiff Emi., on Wed 18 Mar 10:18AM

  5. thats right alves!no need to go to blues u are already­ in the club which plays the best football

    From Varnavas P, on Wed 18 Mar 10:00AM
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    ALL U CHELSEA HATERS GO F%č§)£!µ;URSELVES AND 4 PETES­ SAKE GET A LIFE COS CHELSEA IS BIG TIME 4EVA!!!!

    From Spiff Emi., on Wed 18 Mar 9:53AM

  7. geminiztwin2003, I'm sure you're white and you­ suffer from a virus called SDS (small @#$% syndrome).­ Tell me does your woman fake it, and has fantasies of­ Kofi...?

    From Seth, on Wed 18 Mar 9:31AM
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    chelsea is a world class club with world class­ stars...we might have been nowhere 5-7 years ago but­ you too must admit we're a force to reckon with­ now.Abramovich ain't pulling no plug,if anyone­ seems likely to then its the yanks at anfield.Alves can­ remain wherever he likes...who needs him anyway when­ we've got bosingwa and an Essien that can play from­ anywhere including the goal post.

    From O'by, on Wed 18 Mar 9:17AM
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    Alves if you come or not it can't stop CFC from­ moving forward.

    From Chiedozie, on Wed 18 Mar 6:46AM
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    sirstevejones16: You sound like you are the result of­ some sort of mistake yourself mate.....some sort of­ mutation

    From sappercommando25, on Wed 18 Mar 6:17AM
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    eminiztwin2003:
    You are really intelligent

    From sappercommando25, on Wed 18 Mar 6:15AM

  12. sirstevejones16 comment 26:
    Getting heated under that­ collar of yours now are you....lol

    From sappercommando25, on Wed 18 Mar 6:07AM

  13. Chelsea is an english team so its realy intersted for­ any player to play in primerleague but you are talking­ about leaving barca which every player like to play in­ ,,the most attractive football in the world now and 3­ competitions on the way next to messi iniesta xavi its­ so hard if any player taste the play in barca to change­ it later

    From tonideeb81, on Wed 18 Mar 4:14AM

  14. Chelsea second rate team? Soulfinder u must be joking­ or u just blind yourself

    From andrew, on Wed 18 Mar 4:00AM

  15. WHY CHELSEA WANT ALVES WHEN THEY GOT BOSINGWA­ THERE...RUBBISH GOSSIP

    From andrew, on Wed 18 Mar 3:01AM

  16. Why would Alves want to join chelsea for? They are a­ second rate team, too overated. Chelsea was nothing­ before Mourinho, 4-5 years ago they were bad team.­ I's not like they are any better team now. Barca­ are the best team, and the Best players are for Barca.­ Alves is the best right back, and he would never leave­ Barca, he is doing great there, plus he teams up with­ Messi great too. Anyways go shop for someone else,­ because there is no chance of buying Barca players,­ they are priceless, not for sale.

    From Barcelona MORE THAN A CLUB, on Wed 18 Mar 1:56AM

  17. Soul Finder: If Chelsea were a second rate­ establishment, they wouldn't be where they are in­ the Premiership. Second rate sides usually linguer near­ the bottom of the table most of the time.

    From sappercommando25, on Wed 18 Mar 1:52AM
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    Soul Finder, how many levels do you have in this clever­ break down of world class footballs clubs? I'm sure­ you have some very interesting points to make.­ "How long before Abramovic pulls the­ plug???", brilliant! Let me guess, your an­ economics major? Yet again the world of the football­ fan spawns a hero.

    From john, on Wed 18 Mar 12:47AM

  19. The media is so biased its not even funny. When its a­ top 4 team like Chelsea the headline is nice - Alves­ "not interested" in Chelsea. If it were Man­ City the headline would be "Alves REJECTS Man­ City".

    From Shel, on Wed 18 Mar 12:25AM

  20. Seems to me that the better players have finally­ realised that Chelski are a second rate team which has­ had it's five minutes of fame. How long before­ Abramovic pulls the plug???

    From Soul, on Wed 18 Mar 12:20AM
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