Pep Guardiola vs Unai Emery: 4 footballers who have played under Premier League's top Spanish managers

David Silva is one of the distinguished players who played for two of the Premier League's best managers
David Silva is one of the distinguished players who played for two of the Premier League's best managers

#3 Dani Alves

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Dani Alves is one of the most decorated defenders of all time.
Dani Alves is one of the most decorated defenders of all time.

Dani Alves, the Brazilian right-back, is the only player in our list to have never played a game for Valencia under Unai Emery and the only player who first played under Guardiola and then joined up with Emery.

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The former Sevilla player joined Barca in 2008 and it is reported that the incoming manager Guardiola wanted him at the club.

In the four years that he played under him, before Guardiola took a one-year sabbatical in 2012, Alves established himself as a top attacking right-back in Europe and also won multiple honors with the club, which included a treble in the 2010-11 season.

The player then moved to Italy with Juventus and came close to his fourth Champions League trophy in 2017, losing out to eventual champions and Barcelona's arch rivals Real Madrid.

He joined PSG in 2017 and played a season under Emery, winning the Ligue 1 in his first season in France. He has been suffering from an injury this season and has played only 7 games so far.

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Edited by Sudeshna Banerjee
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