Get football updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailFormer Arsenal midfielder Edu has revealed how Brazil defender Dani Alves broke down in tears when he told him he was out of the World Cup. When scans confirmed that the 35-year-old former Barcelona star had suffered cruciate ligament damage, Edu and Dr Lasmer were then tasked with breaking the bad news. But when he asked us to convey a message to the Brazilian people not to be sad or melancholic for him, he started to cry. “Once it was known that Alves would not be in the World Cup he spoke to (Brazil coach) Tito on the phone.

Source: Daily Mirror May 12, 2018 17:48 UTC