Islamabad, Aug 15, 2025: The La Liga season gets underway with a Friday night game in Girona and that will mark a first football filled weekend rarely seen in the country. It is the first time that all the contenders of the title have English talents on their team.
Trent Alexander-Arnold is now known as Trent on the shirt he wears at No.12 moving to Real Madrid alongside Jude Bellingham. Marcus Rashford goes to Barcelona, Oviemuno Ejaria goes to Real Oviedo and Tyrhys Dolan goes to Espanyol.
Ejaria impressed during trial, and signed a two-year contract on league minimum salary. With the loan signing of Alexander-Arnold, also a discounted €10m, the tide of signings of Premier League experience also comes in. Bankruptcy saw Rashford and more than 50 other players placed on hold as they are yet to be registered under financial regulations imposed on a strict basis. The history of Barcelona shows that the majority of them are to be cleared by the time the fixtures kick off.
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Barcelona originally had their eye on Nico Williams but instead they chose versatility and the cheaper price of Rashford. Skilled on the front line, he gives protection to Lewandowski, Raphinha and Yamal. But the registrations problem even targets all summer signings, namely Joan Garcia, who the club paid 25m euro to secure as an alternative to injured Ter Stegen.
Pre-season has promise in spite of financial strain and stadium delays. Barcelona scored 5 goals a game under Hansi Flick, an indication of attack depth. In case off-field obstacles are overcome, the La Liga season may have the English influence playing the crucial role.
