A Spanish court has agreed to release Dani Alves on bail if the former Barcelona defender pays £854,000 (€1million) and hands in two passports. Alves was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison in Barcelona last month after being found guilty of rape.
Alves’s lawyer, Ines Guardiola, filed an appeal against the sentence and requested his release on bail until the final sentencing. The bail conditions state that Alves must not communicate with the victim, nor go within a kilometre of her.
The former Brazil international must also hand in his Brazilian and Spanish passports. He will make a weekly appearance in court.
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