With the addition of David Villa, the rich have gotten richer and the best have gotten better. Over the last two and a half seasons, Barcelona has been far and away the best team in the world. Now that Valencia's prized striker David Villa has joined them they are deeper and better than ever. His addition allowed Barca to ship malcontent Ibrahimovic to AC Milan. Ibrahimovic had fallen out of favor with the Catalan club thanks to his inconsistent effort. Effort has never been a problem for Villa. He lacks the size of a target man like Ibrahimovic, and doesn't have the speed of Messi, or even Fernando Torres. What he does have is the relentlessness needed to find space in front of opponents' back lines. He's always moving, searching out the best position on the field. It's therefore no surprise that he already has 20 goals in only 33 matches with Barca. He's also shown himself to be an excellent distributor of the ball as well, with 8 assists overall this season as well. Villa has fit in perfectly at Barcelona, and his addition is one of the primary reasons why Leo Messi is having a season for the ages. They play extremely well together, as neither is afraid to give the ball up. The best proof of their combined abilities are that holding them to one goal combined in the Champions League last week was seen by Arsenal as a great success. For the Gunners sake, I hope they're that successful again on March 8 at Camp Nou.
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