Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido claims Daniel
Alves will become the world’s most expensive defender when he at
last puts pen to paper with Barcelona.
Alves is due to be officially presented as a Barca player once
he completes a medical at Camp Nou on Tuesday.
"He has been transferred to Barcelona for the highest price ever
paid for a defender," said Del Nido.
The record for a transfer fee paid for a defender currently
stands at the £30 million Manchester United paid Leeds for Rio
Ferdinand in 2002.
Alves said his goodbyes to Sevilla at a press
conference in the Andalucian capital on Tuesday morning.
“I would like to thank the president for opening the doors of
this club to me and giving me the opportunity to grow,” said
Alves.
“I am grateful to Sevilla. What I have experienced here will be
impossible to achieve anywhere else.”
