FC Barcelona is currently one of the greatest teams in the world, with a trophy cupboard that's bursting with the silverware won over the course of the previous few years. While Bara could be intensely preferred right now, they have undergone kind of a transformation of the last few years.
In fact it'd 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 bitter 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, till 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[**] he had not always done much with it. Nevertheless he probably did show a large amount of flare with FC Barcelona even if they were never making the turnaround needed.
That turn-about happened 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'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 return to his old club after the half season loan. While he may have been missed, the fortunes of the club continued to enhance and Barcelona won the second season under Laporta. After the team has continued to go ever upwards and unde Pep Guardiola were the 1st tea, to win the treble – la liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey.
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