Barcelona have sent a direct message to Dani Alves over his future after being excluded from the club’s squad for the Europa League.
The Catalan club were forced into making a decision on the Brazilian who became the first signing of coach Xavi Hernandez at Camp Nou.
Alves was one of a quartet of January arrivals who have transformed Xavi’s Barcelona, but let them with a dilemma over their European squad – as one of the new signings had to be excluded.