FC Barcelona is presently one of the greatest groups in the world, with a prize cabinet that is bursting with the silverware won over the course of the previous few years. While Bara could be intensely favored at this time, they have been through kind of a metamorphosis of the previous couple of years.
In fact it would be right to say they've experienced a renaissance ever since Joan Laporta became president in 2003, and after him his previous chum and now sour enemy, Sandro Rossell.
When Laporta turned up at the club they hadn't won a major title since 1999 and the self-esteem of the squad had plummeted. He brought on board Frank Rijkaard as team coach, who after a slow start started winning matches; and his right hand man (at the time, until they slipped out and he resigned from the Barça board) Sandro Rossell used his contacts to sign Ronaldinho.
While the Brazilian player definitely had talent[**] he had not always done much with it. Nonetheless he did show a lot of flare with FC Barcelona even when they weren't making the turnaround needed.
That turn-about occurred when Barça signed Edgar Davids for the second half of the season. Whether it was his arrival at the club, or whether his arrival coincided with everything coming together is very unlikely to say. What's certain though is that the club started winning game after game. And at last the beaten down Barcelona rose up again and started to become the team it is today.
The club went from strength to strength after that, though Davids decided to return to his old club after the half season loan. While he might have been missed, the fortunes of the club continued to enhance and Barcelona won the second season under Laporta. After the team continues to go ever upwards and unde Pep Guardiola were the first tea, to win the treble – la liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey.
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