After being sentenced to 4 and a half years in Spain, the Brazilian suffers the punishment from Barcelona. Days before, his first club Bahia had removed his image from the museum.
After being sentenced to four and a half years in prison for rape, Daniel Alves no longer figures among the legends of Barcelona. The Catalan club eliminated the Brazilian from the prestigious list of footballers that he was part of along with 102 other players, including Joan Gamperthe founder of the institution, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Gerard Piquéamong others.
According to the newspaper Sport, Barcelona was “careful with forms” and postponed the decision on Daniel Alves until there was a definitive ruling. The judicial verdict came after having entered prison on February 20 of last year and the Catalan entity decided to remove the name of the 40-year-old Brazilian right-back from the list of legends.
His lawyer Inés Guardiola announced that he will appeal the sentence, which forces him to remain four and a half years in prison, five years of supervised release, in addition to removal and incommunicado detention from the victim for nine years and six months. In addition, he had to pay the victim compensation of 150 thousand euros, a figure for which his former teammate and friend Neymar collaborated, according to his own father.
On the other hand, the newspaper Brand stated that Daniel Alves “He earned the status of legendary footballer Barcelona for his 408 games defending the club’s shirt during eight and a half seasons, spread over two stages.” In his entire career as a Blaugrana player, the Brazilian full-back achieved three Champions Leaguethree Spanish Super Cupsthree Club World Cupssix Spanish leaguesfour King’s Cups and four Spanish Super Cups.
Dani Alves, also convicted at his first club
This is in addition to the drastic measure taken by the authorities of Bay -club in which Daniel Alves He trained and won three titles during his stay – which included removing his image from the museum located in the Arena Fonte Nova, in Salvador. As if this were not enough, some residents of Juazeiro, her hometown, vandalized the statue that the town inaugurated in 2020 with bags and ribbons in order to recognize her career.
Despite the insistence of the residents of Juazeiro to get rid of the statue, the mayor confirmed that it will be removed “when there is a final ruling.” It should be remembered that the sentence he received Daniel Alves is not firm: it includes four and a half years in prison, five of supervised release and nine of removal from the victim, but Spanish laws would allow the former Barcelona start dating in May of this year, that is, in three months.
Source: Ambito
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