*Dani Alves speaks exclusively to FIFA.com *

Hopes to make 2018 one of his most memorable years to date

*Brazil star talks PSG, Neymar, Messi and Russia 2018 *

Dani Alves has spent his career playing for some of the biggest clubs in the world, winning virtually everything there is to win in the process, while also playing a very prominent role with Brazil.

Yet despite his outstanding career record, the larger-than-life full-back wants more, and is hoping to make 2018 one of his most memorable years to date. His first objective is to help Paris Saint-Germain win the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history, with a last-16 tie against Real Madrid providing the next obstacle in that quest.

At the end of the European club season, Alves will pull on the Brazil jersey and set about the task of helping them lift a sixth FIFA World Cup™, a trophy A Seleçao last won in 2002. The charismatic defender spoke to us about these challenges, his team-mate Neymar, and more besides.

FIFA.com: You won the lot with Sevilla, Barcelona and Juventus, so why move to Paris Saint-Germain, a club with less in the way of history perhaps? Dani Alves: That was the biggest motivating factor when it came to making the decision. I don’t like to stay in my comfort zone. I enjoy a challenge, and the chance to change the club’s history was an adrenaline rush for me. That’s why I came. And then there was the fact that I’d be living in a great city and coming to a team with lots of ambition.

I know people might think that I went for the money, but that’s not the case because I had lots of other really good offers. In fact, I went through the same process with Barcelona. The club was going through a transitional period when I arrived and I ended up being part of the best team in their history. I want to experience that same kind of joy again, but in a place with less tradition, where you can lay a large stone in what they’re building. I want to win here and help the club change its destiny.

*Having Neymar in the dressing room is a sign of that ambition. How much of a role did you play in him coming to the club? *I hardly had anything to do with it, though I was involved when he signed for Barcelona. I gave him some advice and told him about all the good things I’d experienced at the club and in the city. But it wasn’t like that this time. It was just a case of me getting here before him (laughs), though there was a moment when he was unsure about what to do. I just told him to follow his heart and be happy. That was the only advice I gave him.