Dani Alves

[Tevez City]

Welcome Dani, now Spurs can keep Walker for another year and I am sure his value will never be higher.

 

[conormcfc]

Yes, Brazil are doing much better now than in 2010, by pretty much everyone's beliefs. Particularly under Tite.

Maicon was great for a couple of years under Mourinho at Inter, definitely, but it was 2 or 3 years, not even that. Alves has been in the top 2/3 in his position pretty much every year for a decade. That's why Alves has been in the FIFA TOTY 6 times (and probaly will get a 7th this year) and Maicon got...1.

To be honest it's so immediately obvious just looking at them that they are completely different players that it's hard to imagine anyone thinking they're comparable.

...and in '07 when they won the Copa America? How've they got on in that competition since Maicon left the setup?

I'm not arguing the longevity of Alves' career compared to Maicon. I'm saying prime for prime Maicon was preferred (and I'm not sure Alves has ever had a better individual season than Maicon 09/10).

They're comparable in that they're both obviously attack orientated fullbacks with a penchant for being caught out defensively.

 

[harvo the blue]

This post all day long.

People have there own opinion but this signing allows Pep to spend 30-40m elsewhere what do people want.

We will have Walker the best RB in England & Alvez the best in Italy together we have 2 fucking quality players playing at the top of there game.

For fuck sake what are some of you after Danny Granville???

Pep has pulled this off & can be the best business in the league this season.

City being linked with Solmedo looks like there trying to get Spurs moving & jack his price up so UTD pay more.

Another Brazilian in the camp to keep Jesus happy & loving football at City, great move if it comes of win win win end of....

 

[Neville Kneville]

Is that video your case against Maicon? 1 shot from 35 yards out that he could've been slightly quicker to close down?

Proves my point really. Fell apart down that side once he went off and Zab came on.

Just to prove we were conceding chances v real Madrid.

Maicon did fuck all, same as the rest, & Alves was no worse than any of them in that vid, this season, v Real Madrid is my point.

He might actually have been better, than the passive defending we see from everyone bar Kompany (defending, not that well, on his own) that we see in that vid, which was City at their peak fitness.

Real Madrid is no game to judge Alves.

 

[zeven]

Not seen much of Juventus in previous year. is he still good enough?

 

[Blue Coop]

Not seen much of Juventus in previous year. is he still good enough?

Ye

 

[kupest]

Why are we even comparing Maicon and Alves when one knows Pep system in and out and would obviously be a better fit.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Dani Alves - Yes please the best Brazilian left-back post Roberto Carlos era

 

[Neville Kneville]

Not seen much of Juventus in previous year. is he still good enough?

For them, yes.

For City, we will have to see. But that is the same with Walker, Mendy & anyone else.

We don't know, until they play.

 

[Rolee]

Dani Alves - Yes please the best Brazilian left-back post Roberto Carlos era

Yeah.... except he's a right-back.