FC Barcelona is currently one of the greatest groups in the world, with a trophy cupboard that is bursting with the silverware won over the course of the previous couple of years. While Bara could be intensely favored at the moment, they have been through kind of a alteration of the previous few years.
In truth it might be fair 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 appeared 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 actually had talent [*COMMA] he had not necessarily done much with it. Nonetheless he did show a lot of flare with FC Barcelona even if they weren't making the turn-around required.
That turnaround 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 very unlikely to point out. What's 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 come back 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 1st tea, to win the treble – la liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey.
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