FC Barcelona is presently one of the best groups 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 popular at this time, they have undergone a alteration of the previous couple of years.
Actually it might be correct to say they've experienced a renaissance ever since Joan Laporta became president in 2003, and after him his former friend and now sour enemy, Sandro Rossell.
When Laporta arrived 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, till they fell 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. However , he did show a large amount of flare with FC Barcelona even when they were never making the turnabout required.
That turnabout happened 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 impossible to point out. 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 revisit 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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