Right after his official inauguration as the newly-elected Barcelona president, Joan Laporta was the fastest off the starting blocks to make the first bid for hottest rising star in the football world today, realizing fully well that he needs to make a splash in the transfer market if he is to convince Barca players and members alike that he means business.<\/p>\n
After all, bringing the glory days back to a club that have been mired somewhat in mediocrity for some years now is not unlike having to clean the Aegean stables. But if anyone in the Camp Nou hierarchy can pull this near-Herculean feat off, it would most likely be the charismatic Laporta, the same man who in his first term as President at Camp Nou was primarily responsible for bringing Barcelona to the pinnacle of its days of glory.<\/p>\n