Barcelona revoke Dani Alves’ official club legend status

Barcelona revoke Dani Alves’ official club legend status after he was found guilty of rape.

Barcelona revoke Dani Alves’ official club legend status

Barcelona have withdrawn Dani Alves from their official list of club legends after his conviction for rape.

Alves was jailed for four and a half years last week after being found guilty of ra.pe in a Barcelona nightclub bathroom.

The disgraced former player won 23 trophies with Barcelona but no longer stands in their pantheon of legends, which honours 102 heroes from down the years.

Residents in his native Brazilian state of Bahia have called for his statue in Juazeiro – which has already been vandalised – to be removed.

Formerly a common name in all-time best XIs for Barca, the horrific crime which has seen him imprisoned has left people wishing to erase his name from the club’s collective memory.

Barca have not yet issued a statement on the removal of Alves from their litany of legendary players.