FC Barcelona is presently one of the greatest groups in the world, with a prize cupboard that's bursting with the silverware won over the course of the previous few years. While Bara may be extremely favored at the moment, they have experienced something of a alteration of the previous few years.
In fact it'd be right to say they have experienced a renaissance ever since Joan Laporta became president in 2003, and after him his former chum and now bitter enemy, Sandro Rossell.
When Laporta arrived at the club they hadn't 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 slid out and he resigned from the Barça board) Sandro Rossell used his contacts to sign Ronaldinho.
While the Brazilian player certainly had talent[**] he hadn't necessarily done much with it. However , he did show a large amount of flare with FC Barcelona even when they weren't making the turn-around needed.
That turnabout 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 most unlikely to claim. What is certain though is that the club started winning game after game. And at last the downtrodden 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 may have been missed, the fortunes of the club continued to boost and Barcelona won the second season under Laporta. After 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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