World Sports: Rashford will become the second English player to play for Barcelona since 1924

"World Sports" reported that Rashford will become the second English player to play for Barcelona since 1924.

For more than a century, only Reinkel played for the Barcelona first team from 1986 to 1989. As the birthplace of modern football, the English are so rare in Barcelona's history, perhaps the reasons include foreign aid policy restrictions and the club's preference for Hungarian, Dutch and Brazilian football styles.

"World Sports" found that from 1899 to the early 20th century, many British pioneers actually fought for Barcelona. Although most of them were friendly matches at that time, historical materials such as the "Barcelona Players Dictionary" (2015 edition) still remember the contributions of these founders. It should be noted that the early investors were mostly Scots, such as shooter George Patulo. In contemporary football, Marcus McQueen (now a Bristol City player) who played for Barcelona B from 2018 to 2020 is the only Englishman to play for Barcelona after Reinkell, and has participated in the Catalonia Super Cup.

The 1986 World Cup Golden Boot Reinkell is undoubtedly the most famous Englishman in Barcelona's history. The then coach Terry Venables signed him from Everton and formed a forward line with Welsh forward Mark Hughes and Scottish striker Steve Archibald. Ringkel left 139 games with 52 goals (and 11 friendly matches with 6 goals).

is to completely restore the Barcelona footprints of English players. The following is the detailed roster: Ernest Witty (1899-1901, midfielder), Gordon Frank Barstow (1899-1901, forward), James Gillespie (1900, 3 friendly matches), James Aix (1901, 6 goals in 15), Charles Hereford (1903, 1), W-I Freeman (1901, 2 games).

It is worth mentioning that Arthur Johnson, the first Real Madrid player to score in the national derby in 1902, later played a friendly match for Barcelona. Others include Henry Solomon Weill (5 games in 1905), Charles Wallace (80 goals in 99 games in 1908-1911), Percy Wallace (66 goals in 70 games in 70 games), Frank Arak (35 goals in 41 games in 41 games) and Walter Fisher (1913, 1 goal in 1913).

JR Greenwell (1913-1914, midfielder), who has both player and coaching status, is particularly important, and Billy Lamb (1912, 13 games) is also an early representative. The last few England pioneers in Ringer were Harold Stanper, Barney Travers Hill and Joe Ryan (all in sporadic friendly matches). This roster spanning a century has witnessed the secret origins of English football and Barcelona.