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EPISODE TWO
THE DEBUT
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People want many things, but they don’t want to do anything.
They don’t want to fight, they don't want to overcome themselves,
they don't want to do anything, they just want to be.
And I always say that to be something you really need to want it and go for it.
When I joined the national team, I told my team,
"I don’t want to know anything about transfers.
I am a free agent, but I don’t want to know anything." Why?
Because I needed to perform well here.
If I did well here, I would open many doors.
People would see my quality, my dedication, and my achievements.
After that, my mindset was: I want to know what my possibilities are right now.
And there were a few.
But, for example, none of them were something that I wanted,
except for the team of my dreams.
What I wanted, the key point for me,
was having the stability to be able to fight for the 2022 World Cup.
It was the starting point for my next challenge.
Most of the clubs didn’t offer me that,
because they didn't believe in me.
Because they think I have an expiration date.
And I’ve said it since I began my career:
I’m free.
I decide when I start, I decide when I finish.
Every club I joined, except Barcelona,
I did it for free because I enjoy being free,
I like writing my own story, I enjoy choosing my path.
That is why I wanted a good challenge after becoming a free agent.
Challenge is what makes me alive.
I don’t motivate myself with people not believing what I am capable of,
I motivate myself with what I can do.
After being named the best player of the 2019 Copa America,
Daniel Alves joined São Paulo on a deal until December 2022.
The new number 10 watched his team's win against Santos F.C.
from São Paulo president's box.
I had the chance to go back to Juventus.
I also had the chance to go back to Barça because I wanted that.
I don’t decide what I do all of a sudden.
I think, “What will this club give me?
How will this place make me a better person?
How will this place make me a better professional?”
I started to put a lot of factors together.
I thought about the transition period they are going through,
the facilities that São Paulo have, the possibilities as a club, their history …
all of that together built a strong and unique link amongst the possibilities I had.
So, I thought it was time to make a decision.
SÃO PAULO TRAINING CENTER
The best way I can motivate my teammates
and to make them understand is through practical examples.
I will show them that I am one of the hardest workers, with great dedication
and that I will be one of the biggest São Paulo fighters
to create a new story with this club.
You can be a leader with either theory or practice.
I always choose practice, it’s easier.
ON AUGUST 18, 2019,
MORE THAN 47,000 FANS ATTENDED DANIEL ALVES' DEBUT AT MORUMBI STADIUM.
A WIN AGAINST CEARÁ WAS VITAL TO KEEP SÃO PAULO AS A BRASILEIRÃO TITLE CONTENDER.
I don’t expect anything from my debut.
I just have to do my job.
I know what people are expecting from me, I know the way,
and I know I won't fail.
Goal!
From Sao Paulo!
Daniel Alves! Number 10!
I am feeling like a young boy once again.
I am back in time and I am starting my career now in Brazil.
I will try to write great chapters, no doubt about that.
ON THE NEXT EPISODE
I have to reinvent myself every day,
and when you have peace it is easier to achieve that.
So I'm looking for that.
The house I am looking for
is a peaceful one that will enable me to keep creating new things.
I don't know his name.