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.
Barcelona won the La Liga last season and this season Barcelona are certainly planning to win the La Liga as well as do well in the Champions League. But even if Barcelona's current team can do well in La Liga with this team, it is difficult to do well in a big tournament like the Champions League. Last season we saw that Barcelona did not do well in the Champions League. This season, the group that Barcelona is in is strong enough, so if they do not perform well, then this season will be very difficult for Barcelona in the Champions League. Barcelona may have won the La Liga trophy last season but this season Barcelona will have a tough fight with Real Madrid to win the La Liga trophy as Real Madrid is one of the favorites to win the La Liga title this season.