RIO DE JANEIRO, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona great Xavi Hernandes believes the Catalan club should not have let Dani Alves leave for Juventus last season.

Alves departed on a free transfer after eight seasons at the Camp Nou in which he won three UEFA Champions League trophies and six La Liga titles.

"Obviously I would bring back Dani Alves," Xavi told Goal. "He decided to leave, but for me he is the best right-back in the world at the moment. Barca miss him a lot."

Alves faced his old team for the first time since leaving the club last week, helping to subdue fellow Brazilian Neymar as the Italian giants won 3-0 in Turin.

In an interview leading up to the match, Alves said he decided to leave the Camp Nou after growing tired of being made a scapegoat for the team's shortcomings.

Xavi also said that Barcelona would do well to pursue Juventus forward Paulo Dybala and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti this summer.

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