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Barcelona’s Dani Alves grabs journalist’s microphone and sings into it

Barcelona's Dani Alves
Barcelona’s Dani Alves responded to persistent questions from journalists by grabbing a mic and singing into it. Photograph: YouTube

The Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves found a novel way of deal with a pack of tenacious journalists at the airport – breaking in to song after losing patience with the repeated questioning.

Alves, seemingly returning to Barça after Brazil’s 1-0 friendly win over Chile at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, was followed through the airport by the press, hoping to grab a few words from the right-back.

Headphones covering his ears however, Alves was in no mood to give them but the more the journalists persisted, the more amusing he found it, eventually relenting, seizing a microphone and singing into it – much to the delight of the press pack.

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