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Prem move not on cards for Alves
Chelsea and Liverpool target Daniel Alves has agreed a one-year contract extension with Primera Liga leaders Sevilla.
It is the fourth extension the highly-rated full-back has signed since joining Sevilla from Brazilian side Bahia in 2003, although the buy-out clause in his contract remains at 60million euros (£40.3million).
The 23-year-old, whose existing deal was due to run out in 2011, had been linked with a number of Europe's biggest clubs in recent months with Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona and Real Madrid all reportedly showing an interest in the attacking defender.
However, Alves has committed himself to Sevilla, and club sporting director Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo is delighted with the decision.
"It is an agreement which demonstrates that Sevilla, as much as Daniel, are mutually satisfied and that the player feels valued and recognised by the club," Verdejo said on his club's website.
Alves, a Brazil international, was a key part of the Sevilla side that won the UEFA Cup earlier this year, and also played the entire match as the Andalusian side beat Spanish rivals Barcelona 3-0 to win the UEFA Super Cup in August.
This season he has started 15 of Sevilla's 16 league games, scoring three times, and has also helped Sevilla through to the knock-out stages of the UEFA Cup.
Prem move not on cards for Alves
Chelsea and Liverpool target Daniel Alves has agreed a one-year contract extension with Primera Liga leaders Sevilla.
It is the fourth extension the highly-rated full-back has signed since joining Sevilla from Brazilian side Bahia in 2003, although the buy-out clause in his contract remains at 60million euros (£40.3million).
The 23-year-old, whose existing deal was due to run out in 2011, had been linked with a number of Europe's biggest clubs in recent months with Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona and Real Madrid all reportedly showing an interest in the attacking defender.
However, Alves has committed himself to Sevilla, and club sporting director Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo is delighted with the decision.
"It is an agreement which demonstrates that Sevilla, as much as Daniel, are mutually satisfied and that the player feels valued and recognised by the club," Verdejo said on his club's website.
Alves, a Brazil international, was a key part of the Sevilla side that won the UEFA Cup earlier this year, and also played the entire match as the Andalusian side beat Spanish rivals Barcelona 3-0 to win the UEFA Super Cup in August.
This season he has started 15 of Sevilla's 16 league games, scoring three times, and has also helped Sevilla through to the knock-out stages of the UEFA Cup.
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