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Dani Alves, 33, will leave FC Barcelona on a free transfer to join Serie A winners Juventus on a three-year contract, according to Spain's Cadena SER.

The player is under contract at Barça until June 2017, but will reportedly join the Italian champions free of charge and stay for three seasons.

Neither the club nor the player has yet to release an official statement, although the club did release a tweet earlier today showing an animated Alves giving an impromptu interview during the team's title-winning celebration earlier this month.

Alves was close to leaving Barça last year with the player himself suggesting that he couldn't reach an agreement with the club. Despite the interest of Manchester United and other big European names, he went on to sign a two-year extension with the Catalan club.

If he does end up in Turin, Alves may be accompanied by Javier Mascherano who is also reported to be on his way out of Barcelona. Another Spanish media outlet, Mundo Deportivo, however, quotes sources inside the Barça camp saying Mascherano is not for sale. 

Alves arrived at Barça in the 2008-2009 season from Sevilla for €20M. If the La Liga champions do let him go, it could be to ease the pressure on the balance sheet from an already inflated first-team wage bill. 

Arsenal's Hector Bellerín is already being touted as one possible replacement, even if Barça already have Douglas and Aleix Vidal in the squad.

Alves has been spectacularly successful at Barça, lifting 22 trophies, putting him on the podium of heavily decorated players with a personal tally of 31 trophies - the third most one single player has ever won - more, even, than Pele.