Cicinho: “Madrid rejected Alves because they had me”

Cicinho's is the story of many other players at Real Madrid. A signing, Brazilian, who did not come to fruition after having made a promising name in his country. Cicinho, in particular, had shone at Atlético Mineiro and Sao Paulo before Real Madrid signed him in 2005, being an absolute international with the canarinha. He picked up the heavy label of The new Cafu, but it did not reach that much, far from it. After two white campaigns marked by a serious knee injury, in 2007 he looked for minutes in Roma. Now, the retired player has told an unknown story that could change many things.

He explained that Dani Alves could have been a white player if he had not been signed before. “During my stage at Real Madrid there was speculation that Daniel Alves, then at Sevilla, would sign, but the board rejected him saying that they already had Cicinho, “the player explained in an interview on the Arena STB program. Alves, finally from Sevilla he went to Barcelona with whom he won many titles. Now, at 37, he is still active in Sao Paulo and Cicinho defends his performance in the Tricolor against his compatriot. “In general history, Daniel has more than me, but at São Paulo my story is bigger and I think I played more than him,” Cicinho said. Cicinho spent two years at São Paulo. During the first, he won the Paulista Championship, the Copa Libertadores and the Club World Cup. All of this was in 2005. Daniel Alves arrived in 2019 and has yet to win titles.