"I wasn't joking when I called him the new Ronaldo," Alves told British media of similarities to the three-times FIFA World Player of the Year. "He's already great and will get better. For all that he's done, all that he's achieved, there's no pressure.
"He's doing what he loves."
Brazil come into the game at Wembley on the back of a 3-1 win over Japan in a friendly on Friday.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru)