Coral suggest five replacements for Dani Alves at Barcelona

Barcelona may be strong odds-on 1/6 favourites with Coral to claim La Liga back from Atletico Madrid this term, but have missed out to their El Clasico foes Real Madrid in the race for Brazil right back Danilo’s signature.

The Porto player was one name mooted as a replacement for outgoing compatriot Dani Alves, who is out of contract in Catalonia this summer. As a result of this, our football experts have got their heads together and assessed who they think could be Barca’s next right back. See our selections below:

Serge Aurier
A loan move to Barcelona’s upcoming Champions League quarter-final opponents PSG has not really worked out for Ivory Coast attacking outlet Aurier. Owned by Toulouse, he is out of contract there next summer and recently helped his country win the Africa Cup of Nations.

Footballers from that continent are no strangers to the Nou Camp, with the likes of Samuel Eto’o, Seydou Keita, Alex Song and Yaya Toure all turning out for Barca. Aurier, 22, represents a relatively cheap option as he is estimated to be valued in the region of €10m.

Hector Bellerin
When right back looked like being a problem position for Arsenal with both Mathieu Debuchy and Calum Chambers both injured, former La Masia youngster Bellerin stepped up to impress.

The 20-year-old has spent time in Barcelona’s youth set-up and is a local lad, so a return to his native Catalonia could be on the cards. Check out Bellerin’s first Gunners goal, which was the last in a 5-0 romp against Aston Vila, below:

Matteo Darmian
Torino’s prize asset is definitely defender Darmian, 25, who did an excellent job down the opposite flank on international duty for Italy against England again recently. Barca would face a battle against fellow European elites Bayern Munich and Manchester United to land this awesome Auzzrri prospect from the Bull.