FC Barcelona is presently one of the greatest teams in the world, with a trophy cupboard that is bursting with the silverware won over the course of the previous few years. While Bara may be very favored at this time, they have experienced kind of a metamorphosis of the previous few years.
In fact it might be correct to say they have experienced a renaissance ever since Joan Laporta became president in 2003, and after him his former mate and now sour enemy, Sandro Rossell.
When Laporta turned up at the club they had not won a major title since 1999 and the self-esteem of the squad had plunged. 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 certainly had talent [*COMMA] he had not necessarily done much with it. However , he did show plenty of flare with FC Barcelona even if they were never making the turn-around needed.
That turn-about occurred when Barça signed Edgar Davids for the second 1/2 the season. Whether it was his arrival at the club, or whether his arrival coincided with everything coming together is most 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, although Davids decided to come back to his old club after the half season loan. While he might have been missed, the fortunes of the club continued to boost and Barcelona won the second season under Laporta. After that the team has continued 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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