Barcelona Look To Tighten Grip On Top Four As Good Vibes Return Under Xavi
Barcelona will not win La Liga, the Champions League or even the Copa del Rey and yet still they could make this season a success. Trailing Real Madrid by 15 points in La Liga after going out of the Champions League in the group stage and the cup in the last 16 would usually amount to a full-blown crisis at Barca, regardless of whether they go on to win the Europa League in May. Yet two-and-a-half years of relative mediocrity have vaporised once-high expectations while a stream of big-name departures, including Lionel Messi to Paris Saint-Germain, have hammered home the stark reality of the club's financial crisis.
