How WhatsApp helped Spanish Champions to La Liga title

Steve Dede 08:41 - 18 May 2015

In a new report, it was revealed that Barcelona players took to WhatsApp to spur themselves on which led to the turn around of this season

Barcelona were said to be in crisis in January after losing to Real Sociedad and Lionel Messi was said to be at logger heads with head coach, Luis Enrique.

Sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta was sacked and the club called for a presidential election in the summer.

With all these controversies coupled with Real Madrid's on a winning streak, Barcelona's season was already over.

But in came WhatsApp-the instant messaging app for smartphones- which came to rescue Barcelona's season.

According to a report by Spanish newspaper, , senior players, took to the messaging platform to revive themselves.

On a day off training, on January 6, two of the senior players sent a message to the squad's WhatsApp group which reads; "If we continue like this, we will not win anything this year.

"We cannot go another season without anything," another player replied.

These messages, according to the Diaro Sport report were what spured the players on to embark on a winning streak which saw them launch an assault on La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League.

Barcelona yesterday were declared Spanish Champions, and with two finals to come, the squad is on the cusp of another historic treble.

All thanks to WhatsApp.