Manchester United vs Barcelona: Top 5 Players who played for both clubs

Modified Apr 08, 2019 09:45 GMT

In his short time at United, Larsson managed to win over the fans

#2 Mark Hughes

The Welshman was picked up by United scouts as a 17-year-old and joined the Red Devils in 1980. He broke into the first team three years later and went on to score 47 goals in 121 appearances. Hughes established himself as the preferred forward in the team and won the 84/85 FA Cup with United.

In the summer of 1986, Ron Atkinson decided to sell Hughes to Barcelona, a decision he would later regret. Hughes did not fare much better in Barcelona, failing to work out a strike partnership with Gary Lineker and scoring just 5 goals from 36 appearances. He was sent out on loan to Bayern Munich the following season before Sir Alex decided to bring the striker back to United ahead of the 88/89 season.

On his return to his former club, the Welshman found his form in front of goal again. He started a wonderful 7-year relation with the club, where he won 2 Premier League trophies, two more FA Cups, one Football League Cup, three Charity Shields, one European Cup winner’s cup and one European Super Cup.

By the time Hughes left for Chelsea in the summer of 1995, he had scored 116 goals from 352 appearances in his second spell and had become a United legend.

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