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Pumas Terminate Dani Alves Contract After His Arrest For Alleged Sexual Assault

Liga MX club Pumas have terminated the contract of Dani Alves after the 39-year-old was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.

Robert Summerscales

Pumas Terminate Dani Alves Contract After His Arrest For Alleged Sexual Assault
Pumas Terminate Dani Alves Contract After His Arrest For Alleged Sexual Assault /

Liga MX club Pumas have terminated the contract of Dani Alves after the 39-year-old was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.

Right-back Alves, who played twice for Brazil at last year's FIFA World Cup, was arrested on Friday after a woman claimed that he had sexually assaulted her in a Barcelona nightclub on December 30.

Alves denied the accusation but he was held without bail after appearing in front of a judge later on Friday.

The former Barcelona, PSG and Juventus player had been under contract with Pumas until July 2023.

But Pumas chairman Leopoldo Silva said in a short statement on Friday evening that Alves was no longer a member of the club.

Dani Alves pictured in January 2023
Dani Alves pictured earlier this month before his Pumas contract was terminated :: IMAGO/Eyepix Group/Ismael Rosas
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Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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