Angry Alves slams Sevilla
28 Aug 2007 - 09:09:53
Chelsea target Daniel Alves is on collision course with Sevilla after rejecting claims that he refused to travel to Greece for Tuesday's Champions League qualifier with AEK Athens.
The Blues have seen two £20million plus bids for the Brazil international defender rejected by the Spanish club in recent weeks.
Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido then claimed the 24-year-old had effectively gone on strike in a bid to engineer a move to Stamford Bridge by refusing to travel with the squad for their European qualifier.
But an angry Alves - who was left out of the side that started the new La Liga season with a 4-1 win over Getafe on Saturday - has hit back at Sevilla and accused the president of lying.
"I want to make it clear that I have never refused to go on any trip," he fumed.
"The coaching staff told me to train with the second team and I will fulfil these instructions.
"It will give me the chance to recover in the best way from the slight injury that prevented me from playing in the league game."
However, Alves could well have missed out on a move to Chelsea following their £4million acquisition of fellow right-back Juliano Belletti from Barcelona last week.
