Alves and Barca close positions

After a break of some obstacles, the renewal of Dani could close in a couple of weeks

Everything is slower than expected but we are moving forward, "and summarizes the development of the last meetings held by the club's advisers Dani Alves. From the technical secretariat will ensure that everything runs its normal course, that improvements and extensions of contracts are never easy and the most important thing is that both parties maintain their resolve to reach a final agreement. The official discourse is most optimistic, although no secret that the weeks passed and the club are still not able to formalize the agreement with the Brazilian side.


The telephone contacts and meetings between the club and the player's environment have been accelerated in order to iron out major differences existed. The duration of the new contract has never been a major obstacle. Whether an extension of two seasons or even a third option, Alves has no objection to extend its commitment until 2014 or 2015. There has never settled the issue. But where we are working to fund is in the economic section. Fortunately, both parties have admitted that there have been significant advances after recent meetings.

The club would have increased its proposal on fixed which would include a significant increase over the three million currently perceived, and would have found a way to refloat some major discrepancies in the section on variables. The meetings are is continuous and fluid dialogue. Barça was the concrete work of renewal before the end of the month, while from the environment the player is merely noting that there is no hurry because the only important thing is to reach a good agreement for all parties.


The City does not despair

For a change, and following the rumors in recent months, the pressure of Manchester City continues. Yesterday, without going any further, and from the Brazilian newspaper 'O Globo', insisted that the English club will table a formal offer to Barca. Moreover, the paper goes further in its information and suggests that the economic proposal would be around 33 million euros. Both Alves as his adviser warned about the need to ignore such rumors. They have no intention of forcing his departure from the club.