6 Argentinians who graced our game from Ferreyra to flop Cobian as Celtic close in on Alexandro Bernabei

Argentina has provided some of the best footballers - and arguably the two best ever - to have graced the game in Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi while providing legendary teams who have lit up the sport including the 1978 and 1986 World Cup-winning sides.

Yet the South Americans have a man from Glasgow’s working class Gorbals area to thank for taking the beautiful game to Argentina. So Scotland is owed a small debut for stars such as Maradona, Messi and the marvellous Mario Kempes. Alexander Watson Hutton, who graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a second-class degree in philosophy, was one of the many immigrants who helped shape Argentina in the late 19th century and helped form the Argentine Association Football League (AAFL) in 1893.

Watson created a team, Alumni Athletic Club in 1901, from former students and a legend was born with the giants we know of today such as bitter rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate following. So after giving football to Argentina, what have they have given us in terms of the beautiful game?

Quite a few players - who became cult heroes at their clubs - and Alexandro Bernabei will be hoping to establish himself as a fans’ favourite as he prepares to become the latest to grace our game when he joins Celtic this week.

Here, Record Sport picks out some of the most famous players from Argentina who have played in Scottish football.

Scored against a brilliant Brazil team in one of his two caps for Argentina and arrived at Tannadice in a £350,000 deal from San Lorenzo in 1991 under Jim McLean where he became a huge fans’ favourite. A striker partner for Duncan Ferguson although maybe not the best pairing off the park after big Scot ended up in probation after imitating his