The Brazilian player Dani Alves, the defender of Barcelona, was subjected to a painful blow by his former Catalan teammate and the current coach of the Blaugrana, Xavi Hernandez.
In this context, the Spanish newspaper “AS” revealed that Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez decided to exclude Dani Alves from the list of Barca for the Europa League.
And the newspaper pointed out that Barcelona has the right to include only 3 players in its list, after he moved to participate in the Europa League, after occupying the third place in his group in the European Champions League.
And the Spanish newspaper reported that Xavi decided to restrict the new attacking trio, Ferran Torres, Adama Traore and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
And the newspaper said, that Xavi gave priority to strengthening the offensive line, since there are many options in the defense line, and the newspaper added that Xavi spoke with Alves and explained to him the reasons for his exclusion and the registration of the offensive trio, which the player understood well.
The newspaper pointed out that Xavi sees the need to strengthen the offensive line, especially after the retirement of Sergio Aguero, and the frequent injuries of Ansu Fati.