Dani Alves has been AXED from Barcelona's Europa League squad due to strict competition rules.
And Alves will have to settle for domestic minutes moving forward as he has been left out of the Europa League squad, following Barcelona's announcement.
That is because Barcelona are only allowed to register three new players, which are Ferran Torres, Adama Traore and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
The trio all arrived in the recent transfer window and have been preferred by Xavi over Alves.
Dani Alves has completed an emotional free transfer back to Barcelona.
But his new team-mate Sergio Aguero is at risk of never playing football again after an irregular heartbeat was discovered.
The Argentina will have to sit out a minimum of three further months of action but it is touch and go as to whether we see the former Manchester City star on the field again.
Meanwhile Frank Lampard has rejected the chance to take over Norwich at the 11th hour.
As a result of the former Chelsea boss' decision, the Canaries are set to offer recently dismissed Aston Villa chief Dean Smith the manager's job.
Norwich sacked Daniel Farke last week, despite him earning a crucial first win of the season at Brentford away.
But one manager who will be going nowhere is England's Gareth Southgate.
The FA are set to tie Southgate down to a new deal which will take him through to Euro 2024 and make him one of the highest paid Three Lions bosses ever.
We've also got all the latest on a potential transfer for Declan Rice as well as updates from Chelsea, who are eyeing a swoop for Attila Szalai in January.
