World Sports: English players will meet in national derby for the first time after Rashford joins Barcelona

According to "Shiyi", after joining Barcelona on loan at Rashford, English players will meet in the Spanish national derby for the first time.

Rashford's joining Barcelona will attract more British media attention to Spanish football, and the striker, who came from Manchester United on loan, will be the focus, just like Bellingham, who has joined Real Madrid in the 2023/24 season and Arnold, who recently joined Real Madrid.

The appearance of these three English players will promote the first national derby between Barcelona and Real Madrid, with English players in both teams. Only Leinkell has played for Barcelona for three seasons between 1986 and 1989, when no fellow countrymen played at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Cunningham, who won 2-0 in February 1980 at the Camp Nou Stadium, won applause. He spent four seasons at Real Madrid, but Leinkele came to Barcelona three years later and brought the Golden Boot Awards in the 1986 World Cup.

Since then, four other English players have played for Real Madrid: McManaman (1999-2003), Beckham (2003-2007), Woodgate (2004-2006) and Irving (2004-2005).

Therefore, Premier Sports platform, which has the right to broadcast La Liga in the UK this season, may significantly increase its subscription number. However, one of the national derbys in the two league games is likely to continue to be scheduled for 4:15 p.m. local time.

If it is played on Saturday, the game will not be viewed in real time in the UK due to the fact that British TV has banned live broadcasts between 2:25 and 5:25 pm in order to protect the attendance of local competitions since 1960.

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