At seven, Marc Overmars, Emmanuel Petit, Gio Van Bronckhorst, Thierry Henry, Aleksandr Hleb, Cesc FabregasandAlex Song are Arsenal FC players sold to FC Barcelona since 2000 under Arsene Wenger's management.
Ally McCoist while still playing with Rangers FCof Scotland and Thierry Henry with Arsenal FC of England, are the only players to win the European Golden Shoe formerly known as European Golden Boot in consecutive years.
McCoist did it in the 1991/1992 and 1992/1993 seasons with 34 goals apiece in the Scottish Premier League (SPL) while Henry achieved his in the 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 seasons while playing in the English Premier League (EPL) with 30 and 25 goals respectively.
The last English born player to finish top scorer in the English Premier League (EPL) was Kevin Phillips of Sunderland with 30 goals in the 1999/2000 season. Since then, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink of Holland, Ruud van Nistelrooy of Holland, Thierry Henry of France (four times), Didier Drogba of Cote d' Ivoire (two times), Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, Nicholas Anelka of France, Dimitar Berbatov of Bulgaria and Carlos Tevez of Argentina (joint top scorer in the 2010/2011 season) have won the prestigious plaque.