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Over the last couple of seasons, and certainly since the departure of arguably the best footballer in the world, Lionel Messi, Barcelona have been playing in the shadows of current La Liga champions Real Madrid.
Barcelona are renowned for giving academy graduates opportunities in the first team, but what became of those to break through during Pep Guardiola’s four years in charge?
Rivaldo: A fairytale career
Jose Mourinho is good at a lot of things but strictly adhering to authority is not one of them.
Lionel Messi made his first-team debut for Barcelona in a 1-0 win over Espanyol in October 2004. The rest, as they say, is history.
Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff, Carlo Ancelotti, Frank Rijkaard, Zinedine Zidane y Pep Guardiola conforman la escueta lista de ganadores de la Champions League como futbolistas y entrenadores. De ellos, solo cuatro lo lograron con el mismo club: Muñoz y Zidane, con el Real Madrid; Ancelotti, con el Milan; y Guardiola, con el Barça. Y en ese prestigioso club puede entrar hoy Sonia Bompastor (Francia, 1980), la técnica del Lyon.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst will tell his team to match Rangers’ iconic Bareclona Bears by bringing the club’s first European title since 1972 back from Seville as he himself bids to match figures from his own illustrious past.
Until this year, when they brought in four players in January, Barcelona had generally avoided doing much business in the winter transfer window. It’s not difficult to see why when you look at the record of their mid-season recruits.