Marcus Rashford made his first appearance for Barcelona in a 3-1 pre-season win over J. League side Vissel Kobe in Japan on Sunday, coming on as a substitute.The English forward joined the Spanish champions on loan from boyhood club Manchester United this week and was thrust into action against Kobe in the second half.

Marcus Rashford made his first appearance for Barcelona in a 3-1 pre-season win over J. League side Vissel Kobe in Japan on Sunday, coming on as a

Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of Rakuten and president of Vissel Kobe, played a major role in fixing the issues that almost led to the cancellation of Barcelona’s friendly match in Japan. The game, set to

Barcelona has announced it will not play its schedule preseason game in Japan due to “serious contractual breaches” by the promoter.

Barcelona have suspended the Japan part of this month's Asia tour due to what the club said was a serious breach of contract by the promoter.

Barcelona will play a pre-season friendly in Japan tomorrow as scheduled, J-League side Vissel Kobe said, despite the Spanish club initially cancelling

Barcelona will play a pre-season friendly in Japan on Sunday as scheduled, J-League side Vissel Kobe said, despite the Spanish club initially cancelling the match, citing unspecified "serious contractual breaches".

It was a proud moment when England's Marcus Rashford wore the Barcelona shirt for the first time, noting that the player had impressed everyone during training sessions less than a week earlier, despite not having trained with Manchester United after returning from a loan spell with Aston Villa.

FC Barcelona has cancelled their friendly in Japan due to a breach of contract. Learn more about the situation and impact.

Marcus Rashford made his Barcelona debut at the weekend during the club's tour of Japan, with a 30-minute cameo his first appearance for the Blaugrana since joining on loan from Manchester United