Debt-ridden and off the pace, Barça seek Davids Effect to revive season | Sid Lowe

Twenty years after Dutch midfielder made a transformational arrival on loan, the club are searching for similar January spark First they tried to bring back Lionel Messi, then they did bring back Dani Alves, briefly. Rafa Márquez returned to take over the B team, Xavi Hernández came home, this time as coach, and Deco arrived again, the former midfielder turned sporting director. They attempted to get Carles Puyol to join them. And now Joan Laporta, the president who also came back, re-elected ...