Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te rangatira o Southampton a Ronald Koeman e kii ana ka peke ia ki te whai waahi ki te whakahaere i te karapu o mua a Barcelona i muri i tana whakaae ki tana hononga hohonu ki nga tino rangatira o Catalan. I noho te kaiako o Dutch mo nga tau e ono e takaro ana mo te karapu La Liga, e wikitoria ana i nga taitara riiki e wha i te wa kotahi me te Ipu Pakeha i waenga i te 1989 me te 1995. Ko Koeman, nana nei i arahi a Southampton ki te taha o te tohu mo Uropi ahakoa i hokona e te karapu etahi o ana kaitakaro pai i te raumati kua hipa, i uru ano ia ki nga kaimahi o muri o Barcelona hei kaiawhina ki a Louis van Gaal i te tau 1998. E whakaae ana a Ronald Koeman ka harikoa ia ki te hoki ki Barcelona hei kaiwhakahaere. I takaro te kaiako o Southampton mō Barcelona mō ngā tau e ono, ā, i toa i ngā taitara riiki e whā me tētahi Ipu Pākehā. Ko Koeman (matau) i hoki mai ki te karapu i muri i tana reti me te kaiawhina a Louis van Gaal (maui). Ko te tokorua e whakaahuahia ana ia me Jose Mourinho (tuarua maui) me Frans Hoek i te 1999. Na kua whakakitea e te kaitākaro o mua o te motu o Holland e hiahia ana ia ki te hoki ki Barcelona hei kaiwhakahaere. 'E mohio ana te ao katoa he aha taku ki a Barcelona me te mea kei a Barcelona me Ronald Koeman, na mena ka taea e au te noho hei kaiako o Barcelona i tetahi ra, ka koa ahau,' i kii te rangatira o Southampton ki te teihana reo irirangi Cadena COPE. Ko Koeman e maka ana i ona ringa i te wa o te Southampton 1-1 tohatoha ki a Chelsea i Stamford Bridge i te Ratapu. Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Manchester City a Manuel Pellegrini kei raro i te pēhanga nui ake i muri i tana whakaheke i a Chelsea. I patai ano te 51-tau-tau mo te whai waahi ki te whakakapi i a Manuel Pellegrini, kei raro i te kaha o te pehanga i muri i te hinganga o Chelsea i te whakataetae taitara Pirimia League me te aro atu ki te whakakore i te Champions League - hei kaiwhakahaere Manchester City. 'He hoa ahau ki [kaiwhakahaere whutupaoro] Txiki [Begiristain], kei te whakapā atu ki a ia, kei a ia hoki taku nama waea,' i kii a Koeman.
I takaro a Ronald Koeman mō Barcelona mō ngā tau e ono i waenganui i te 1989 me te 1995. E whā ngā taitara rēhi a te tangata o Aotearoa me tētahi Ipu Pākehā i wikitoria ai ia ki a Barca. E whakaae ana te rangatira o Southampton e hiahia ana ia ki te whakahaere i te karapu Catalan.