Five years after leaving Barcelona for Juventus, Alves returned to the Camp Nou as Xavi Hernandez's first signing in the January transfer window.
The 39-year-old helped Barcelona recover from a stuttering start to the season to finish second on the Spanish La Liga table, making 17 appearances in all competitions and scoring one goal.
Alves won 23 trophies during his first stint at the Camp Nou, including six La Liga titles and three UEFA Champions League trophies.
It was expected that the former Sevilla right back would remain with Barcelona to help stake a claim for a place in Brazil's World Cup squad but the veteran was released at the end of June and is on the lookout for a new club.
"I didn't leave sad. I left happy to have returned to Barcelona. I dreamed for five years wanting to live this second moment," he told The Guardian.
"The only thing I didn't like was how my departure was handled.
"Since I arrived, I made it very clear that I wasn't any more a 20-year-old guy and that I wanted things to be done head-on, without hiding things.
"But this club has sinned in recent years. Barcelona don't care about the people who made history for the club.
"As a [Barca fan], I would like Barcelona to do things differently. I’m not talking about myself because my situation was another scenario.
"I am eternally grateful to Xavi and the president for bringing me back. I found a club full of young people with incredible ideas on the pitch.
"But it needs to improve the work outside the field. The mindset is totally opposite to what we built a few years ago.
"Everything that happens on the field is a reflection of what happens outside.
"I'm supporting for Barcelona to come back to the top, but it's super-complicated. Football is more balanced, it's a collective game. And that has been left out at the club."
