PSG's Dani Alves reveals he nearly signed for Liverpool

Dani Alves has revealed that nearly a decade ago, when he was still at sevilla, he reached an agreement to sign Liverpool only for the deal not to go through at the last minute. 

Alves, 34, is currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain and made the comment in an interview with FourFourTwo magazine's December issue. 

"I pretty much had an agreement with Liverpool," he explained. "But for whatever reason it didn’t happen at the last moment and I really don’t know why, as I wasn’t the one conducting the negotiations. I had other people representing me back then."

The English team, who were managed by Rafa Benitez at the time, didn't sign Alves and instead ending up with Jermaine Pennant and Alvaro Arbeloa. 

“Something similar happened later in my career with Chelsea and Real Madrid," Alves added. "Of course, it all worked out happily for the Cules [Barcelona supporters] in the end, and also for me as I was able to write an amazing story at the Camp Nou instead.”

"I wanted to win things that I unfortunately couldn’t win if I stayed at Sevilla. We came close, but I don’t like to be just close. Six months before the transfer window opened I’d been told of Barça's interest, and I said I’d like to play for them because of the fine history of Brazilians there, the greatness of the club and the style of football.

"So it was a successful union and I will always be grateful to Pep Guardiola, [director of football] Txiki Begiristain and [president] Joan Laporta, as they gave me the opportunity to become a big star.”