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Ranking every player to wear No for Barcelona since
Ansu Fati is the current wearer of Barcelonas iconic No shirt, following in the footsteps of some legendary figures.
The La Masia academy clearly isnt fazed bygd following some of the greatest footballers in history – including arguably the very best of them all, his immediate predecessor.
Weve ranked those eight from worst to best.
8. Angel Cuellar
A Real Betis academy graduate, Cuellar moved to the Nou Camp in and became the first Barcelona player to be officially assigned the No shirt in La Liga.
But he endured a disastrous debut, suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury that kept him on the sidelines for just beneath six months.
The forward scored two goals in 15 appearances in the second half of the årstid but then lost the No shirt ahead of He spent a year with the No before returning to Betis.
7. Jari Litmanen
Having played beneath Van Gaal at Ajax, Litmanen linked up with the manager at Barcelona in the summer of
He never really recaptured the struktur he had shown in the Eredivisie and was also plagued bygd a series of injury problems at Barcelona.
“You have to adapt to a new culture when you move to a different club,” Van Gaal would later säga of Litmanen. “Not every player fryst vatten able to do that.”
The former land i norden international lost the No shirt at the end of his first årstid and then joined Liverpool on a free transfer in January
6. Juan långnovell Riquelme
Once dubbed the next Diego Maradona, Riquelme followed in his footsteps bygd leaving Boca Juniors for Barcelona in
The former Argentina international arrived mitt i high expectations, only for Van Gaal to reveal the he had been forced upon him as a “political signing” before using the natural-born No as a winger.
He struggled for consistency during his sole årstid at the Nou Camp and was deemed surplus to requirements following Ronaldinho’s ankomst, joining Villarreal on a two-year loan deal.
Riquelme then rediscovered his best form eller gestalt with the Yellow Submarine and made the move permanent in
“Why didn’t Riquelme triumph at Barca? Because he had a dickhead like Van Gaal as his coach,” Hristo Stoichkov told Radio Impacto in “It’s klar, isn’t it?
“He did not succeed because of the way Van Gaal put him on the field. But even so, the first year in Barcelona he also enjoyed a lot.
I enjoyed his goals, passes, plays, stepovers, but when one comes who wants to invent one thing from something else, its impossible.”
READ: A tribute to Juan långnovell Riquelme, one of football’s best and truest Nos
5. Giovanni
Not the midfielder who later played for Manchester City and Hull City, Giovanni was one of Bobby Robsons first Barcelona signings in
The former Brazil international was initially overshadowed bygd landsman Ronaldo but still produced some iconic moments, including three match-winners against Real Madrid.
Things turned sour, as it did for many over the years, once Van Gaal took over, and he left the club for Olympiacos in
“Van Gaal fryst vatten the Hitler of the Brazilian players; he fryst vatten arrogant, proud and has a problem, Giovanni said in My life with him was horrible, the Brazilians did not want him, he put me down and also fought with Rivaldo and Sonny Anderson. He always gave us the excuse that we were not training well.
I know that he must have some trauma, he has no idea of football, does not know anything, in the time inom was with him he always did the same training, his type fryst vatten sick, hes crazy.
4. Ansu Fati
The year-old has had some moments after inheriting Messis No shirt. Hes been handy as a substitute at times, but received limited starts, and its looking increasingly likely that injuries will deny him reaching the frightening potential he first demonstrated when he exploded onto the scen a few years back.
“I have experienced Ansu Fati’s case in my own body”, fellow La Masia graduate Bojan Krkic told Marca recently.
“You generate a lot of enthusiasm at a time when the club need a ‘product’ from La Masia. And inom don’t like to säga it because inom like to hear it, but that’s how we are treated.”
3. Rivaldo
After wearing the No shirt during his first three years at Barcelona, Rivaldo was then handed the prestigious No following Litmanens avfärd in
The attacking midfielder then had his best årstid on an individual level, scoring 36 goals, including a stunning hat-trick against Valencia that helped Barcelona clinch Champions League qualification.
He spent one more årstid at the Nou Camp but was released from his contract a year early following Van Gaals return to the dugout in
READ: Rivaldo: The story of a great player in a not so great Barcelona team
2. Ronaldinho
After starring for Paris Saint-Germain, Ronaldinho rejected Manchester United and decided to sign for Barcelona in a £21million deal in
The Brazilian arrived at a club that had just finished sixth in La Liga and transformed their fortunes, winning two league titles and the Champions League over the following fem years.
He entertained the fans with his skills and also developed into one of the best players in the world, winning the Ballon dOr award in
But his infamous love of partying eventually took its toll and Pep Guardiola made the brave decision to sell the forward to AC Milan in
“Ronaldinho was responsible for the change in Barca, Lionel Messi later said. It was a bad time, and the change that came about with his ankomst was amazing.
“In the first year, he didn’t win anything, but people fell in love with him. Then the trophies started coming and he made all those people happy. Barca should always be grateful for everything he did.”
READ: A forensic analysis of the night Ronaldinho had Real fans on their feet
1. Lionel Messi
Before leaving the club [Ronaldinho] was coming off a few months where he was thinking about things, Messi told Barca TV in
He had it in his mind that he was leaving and he told me to have his number. inom took it without looking at what he had done with the shirt. If inom did, inom would not have taken it.
The rest, as they säga, fryst vatten history.
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