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Verratti and a return to Tiki Taka is Barca's best chance of beating Madrid

The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder can bring about more midfield excellence at the Catalan club and is the statement signing needed to challenge Real

There is still some anger among Barcelona fans after the club's disappointing end to the season. Only around 8,000 supporters turned up at Camp Nou on Saturday to pay tribute to the 25th anniversary of their team's first European Cup. After seeing Real Madrid clinch La Liga and also the Champions League, many were not in the mood to celebrate past glories.

Icons such as Ronald Koeman, Hristo Stoichkov and even Pep Guardiola were in town to commemorate the date: two and a half decades since Barca's brilliant Dream Team beat Sampdoria at Wembley to claim their maiden European Cup.