I think it's impossible to find a footballer like Messi, which puts pressure on new players. We constantly see players being promoted by the media as the new Messi. Everyone knows that the players' agents pay the media and get them to make news. If we think about the money that clubs pay to agents, we can understand how useless this money is. The media decides which player a team will sign and the players' agents can raise the price as they please. It's getting ridiculous.
I like Xavi's approach to football, he's trying to do what he wants to do step by step. Barcelona is playing better and better football every day.
Barcelona have become stronger with Xavi, but to win La Liga is not enough, in order to prove how strong they are, for this you need to show good results in the Champions League. This year they are more fortunate with rivals in the group stage, most likely they will not have big problems to reach the playoffs together with Porto, Antwerp and Shakhtar are not the teams that can compete with Barcelona.