Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta called Castel the club's greatest ever signing, while current Barca playmaker Xavi is among his legion of loyal fans.

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Daniela Gerson, a journalist (and the daughter of cookbook author Joan Nathan), started a club in Los Angeles in 2011.

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Barcelona president Joan Laporta said Johan Cruyff's "Dream Team" of the early 1990s laid the foundations for the club's triumph.

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