Barcelona reunion at Wembley: Anthony Gordon greets Pedri, Olmo and Eric García before Spain-England clash

Wembley Stadium played host to an unlikely Barcelona reunion on Saturday evening, as the Nations League's marquee fixture between Spain and England got underway. A photo from the pre-match buildup has gone viral among Barcelona supporters, capturing England winger and Blaugrana summer signing Anthony Gordon surrounded by a host of his club-level teammates.

Club rivals, international allies

The fixture sees a whole host of headline players from across the world of football convene in the English capital, with several such stars coming from Hansi Flick's Barcelona squad. Champions Spain made the trip to England to lock horns with Thomas Tuchel's semi-finalists, after the two nations avoided crossing paths at the World Cup this past summer.

Ahead of kick-off on Saturday evening, Barca summer signing Anthony Gordon took to the Wembley pitch alongside his Three Lions teammates. And once there, he was greeted by a number of fellow Blaugrana stars, including Pedri, Dani Olmo and Eric García.

A picture that thrilled the Barcelona faithful

The sight of players who share a dressing room at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys meeting on opposite sides of an international rivalry proved a hit with supporters of the Catalan club, with the image spreading rapidly across social media during the buildup to the evening's showdown.

The meeting underscores how Barcelona's recruitment of Gordon has added another layer of familiarity to an already intertwined international fixture, with the England international and his Spanish counterparts set to park their club allegiances for the duration of a fiercely contested Nations League tie.