MADRID (AP) — Spanish police said Thursday they have dismantled a gang that robbed soccer players’ houses during games.Authorities detained four people Cheap Brazil Soccer Team Uniform , all Albanian citizens, and seized jewels and 10,000 euros ($11,000) in cash that were believed to belong to the players and their families.Spanish newspaper El Diario, which first reported the arrests www.thetopsoccer.com/national-team-kit/colombia , said officials also recovered a Champions League second-place medal that had been stolen from the house of Atlético Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey. The player’s passport also was recovered.Police said the gang was believed to have robbed the house of Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro while he played in a Spanish league game against Atlético Madrid last month. Atlético striker Álvaro Morata also was among the players targeted by the group.Other Real Madrid players believed to have been victims of the gang included forward Francisco “Isco” Alarcón and coach Zinedine Zidane.“These things aren’t nice,” Zidane said at a recent news conference. “We try to talk to the players, to their families, we try to keep them calm.”There have been reports of dozens of robberies to players’ houses in recent years, though police said not all of them could be linked to the same gang. Others who were also reportedly robbed included Barcelona players Gerard Piqué Cheap England Soccer Team Uniform , Samuel Umtiti and Jordi Alba, as well as Real Madrid forward Lucas Vázquez.“One after the other,” Vázquez’s wife, Maca Capilla, said on Instagram when the couple’s house was robbed. “When will it be possible to live calmly in your own home www.thetopsoccer.com/national-team-kit/france , when will it be possible to go to work without worries?”Police said the operation, which took place in Madrid and the nearby city of Toledo, was still ongoing and more arrests were possible. One gang member was believed to have fled the country.Officials said the group used stolen cars during the robberies, and carried communication devices and clothing accessories to keep them from being recognized by security cameras.It was believed they monitored the players’ activities through their social media accounts.Police said the gang also targeted other people in the high-end Madrid neighborhoods where players live. SAO PAULO (AP) — Veteran Brazilian right back Dani Alves signed a free transfer deal to play for his boyhood team Sao Paulo FC.The club announced the move Thursday in a video with the 36-year-old former Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain defender.Brazilian media reports the deal is valid until the end of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.“I could have chosen anywhere to play Cheap Germany Soccer Team Uniform , but I chose to return to Brazil,” the right-back said. “It is unreal, but I am here.”Alves’s contract with PSG expired in July. The Brazilian said then he would like to remain in European soccer.The right-back was Brazil’s captain in the latest Copa America title winning campaign. He was also voted by organizers as the best player of the tournament.Sao Paulo is in fifth position in the Brazilian championship after 12 matches, eight points behind leaders Santos.Alves has lifted astonishing 40 trophies in his professional career and is still very fit.He played all 90 minutes in several matches of the latest Copa America. The defender recently said he considers moving to the midfield to extend his career.Alves has not played since Brazil’s 3-1 win over Peru in the Copa America final on July 7 at the Maracanã Stadium.Sao Paulo said the defender should be introduced to fans next week.