The 2024/25 treble-winning season under Luis Enrique has been a true Catalan heritage masterclass, executed with the French Jerseys. It’s a powerful statement of the motto that the Barca DNA works with every footballing culture. Let’s discuss how this philosophy continues to script football’s most dominant stories.
Luis Enrique’s PSG is the Best Team in Europe
When Lucho took over at Paris Saint-Germain, most PSG fans were quite skeptical. Questions were raised about whether he is the right man to bring order to a chaotic celebrity squad. But time told us he could. Enrique rebuilt PSG from the ashes and led them to win their first-ever UCL in style.
Neymar, Leo, and Mbappé had gone, but Enrique still proved to us that football is a team game. He utilized a band of young, hungry talents, including Desire Doue, João Neves, and Khivcha Kvaratshkelia, to take over Europe. Young veterans like Achraf Hakimi, Vitinha, and Dembele ensured they were the icing on the cake. And then what emerged was not a team of individuals, but a Barcelona philosophy-organized, tactically sound unit. Lucho injected humility into the PSG DNA and preached that no one is bigger than the team. Ultimately, they enjoyed every single trophy available.
Forged in La Masia, Perfected in Manchester
The Enrique story isn’t the first of many. Before Lucho, Pep Guardiola executed the same feat in the 2022/23 season. At Barca, he orchestrated a treble in 2008/09 with beautiful, total football. It really felt like art in motion. And then, years later, in the chaos of the Premier League, he applied the same Blaugrana principles at Manchester City. It was the ultimate reminiscence for all culers.
Pressing, possession, patterns, and discipline: Guardiola’s City was a mirror image of the golden age Barca. It all clicked in 2022/23 when City lifted their own treble and finally conquered Europe for the first time, just like PSG. It was football straight out of Barcelona’s tactical playbook. It was concrete proof that Barca’s ideas, when applied with vision, are recipes for success, no matter what the shirt color.
Mourinho’s Inter: AN Echo of Barcelona’s Discipline?
It might surprise some to hear Jose Mourinho mentioned in a conversation about Barcelona’s influence. And while Mourinho was by no means a tiki-taka romantic, his time as an assistant at Barcelona under Bobby Robson and Louis Van Gaal left a lasting impression. The Portuguese guided Inter Milan to a treble in 2009/10, and it was special.
The discipline, structure, and ability to cage players like Prime Leo Messi demonstrated Mourinho’s obsession with discipline. Those were Barca values, but differently applied. Mourinho’s way showed that the Barcelona way can produce beauty, but also carve out beasts.
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