Nice. I played Barker about 10 times in the first season. Loaned him out in the second season. I have promoted Jason Denayer and Marcos Lopes so far both none English I know :/. I too have high hopes for Barker in real and I hope I can have him developed decently on the game as well so he can be part of my HG trained quota.
I definitely need to add a few more HG players at some point myself. The only English player I have signed is Harry Kane to replace the outgoing Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic. The foreign bargains on this game are unreal though.