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PSG new boy Dani Alves: Juve’s dressing room rules ‘frustrated’ me

The strict culture at Juventus was one of the reasons why Dani Alves grew unsettled in Italy, the defender reveals.

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Given his latest comments, Dani Alves was not really at home at Juventus despite all their success together.

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The 34-year-old spent just one season in Turin, inspiring the Old Lady to the Champions League final as well as Serie A and Coppa Italia triumphs.

He however cut his planned stay short, reneging on his two-year contract and instead joining French giants PSG earlier this week.

Dani Alves has given an interview with French outlet L’Équipe during which he has reviewed his one year in Italy and revealed his motivations for departure.

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“At first I had a lot of trouble because they didn’t understand me, on or off the pitch,” the 34-year-old explained.

“It took some time to make the connection between what I thought and what they thought, and once we found that connection the results came.

“That’s what I could bring them, how to have a good fluidity in the dressing room.”

No music in the dressing room

Among the things that Dani Alves didn’t like at the club, he says, are their strict rules, one of which said there was to be no music played in the dressing room.

“Frustration? Here’s an example. In the dressing room we weren’t allowed to put music on. I can’t live without music, without dancing,” the former Barcelona man continued.

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“I’m not a crazy person who wants to change all the rules, and everyone has his own way or raising his energy and transmitting it to others.

“I like for the atmosphere to be joyful, collegiate. We have to find ways of doing that, I was thinking about the good of the collective.

“I was viewed with a bit of suspicion though. Little by little it improved and we had a good second half of the season.

“We weren’t allowed to put music on. I can’t live without music, without dancing – Dani Alves.

“Life needs madness, as long as it doesn’t cause you to divert from your principles. But at my base I’m very sound, very sensible.

“I’m a spontaneous person, but I never try to hurt or bother others.”

Alves signed a two-year deal with the Parisians that should keep him the capital till 2019. Whether he will see his new contract through, however, remains to be seen.