Nou Camp right-back could be tempted by Old Trafford switch.
Man United have been given all the encouragement they might need ahead of a move to sign long term target Dani Alves with the Metro reporting that the Barcelona full-back is ‘open to offers’.
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The 31 year old Brazilian international. will see his Nou Camp deal expire in the summer and is known to be a player Old Trafford boss Louis van Gaal rates and would be an ideal capture to strengthen the club’s right-back options.
Alves’s agent Dinorah Santana certainly hasn’t moved to quash speculation of a Barcelona exit, indeed the comments made by the former Sevilla man’s representative pretty much act as a ‘come and get me’ plea.
‘He will give his all whilst he is here, that’s all I can say,’ he said. ‘We’ll have to see.
‘He may renew but if he needs to move, he’ll move. Sometimes things come to an end and there is interest from other clubs.’ added Santana.
There are few more decorated full-back’s in the game and Alves would certainly represent a huge improvement on the likes of Rafael and Luis Antonio Valencia, who currently occupy the right-back berth.