Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wataƙila Barcelona ba ta taɓa kasancewa a nan ba a yau. Ba tawagar da ke da ikon Lionel Messi, Neymar da Luis Suarez a gaba ba. Ba kulob din da ya lashe kofunan Turai hudu da kuma kofuna na gida da yawa da suke buƙatar ƙaramin kogo maimakon majalisar ministocin da za su riƙe su ba. Irishman Patrick 'Paddy' O'Connell an yaba shi da ceton Barcelona daga halaka. Ba za a iya tara manyan mutane uku na Neymar, Lionel Messi da Luis Suarez ba idan ba don O'Connell ba. Ba kungiyar Luis Enrique ba wacce ke da burin fitar da Manchester City daga wasan karshe na 16 na gasar zakarun Turai. Duk wannan ba zai yiwu ya wanzu ba idan ba don ɗan Irish Patrick 'Paddy' O'Connell ba, wanda a matsayin ɗan wasa ya zama kyaftin din ƙungiyar Manchester a cikin shekaru biyar a United daga 1914 amma ba da gangan ba ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kafa wasan kafa biyu na City tare da Barcelona ƙarni ɗaya daga baya. O'Connell an yaba shi da ceton Barcelona daga halaka a lokacin da yake kula da tsakanin 1935 da 1940. Barcelona ta samu gagarumar nasara a shekarun baya-bayan nan amma O'Connell ne ya ceci kungiyar. A Spain, an san shi da 'Don Patricio' - taken da aka tanada don masarauta ko masu martaba - don nasarorin da ya samu bayan ya wuce shekaru 35 kuma ya fara jagorantar Racing de Santander zuwa taken yanki guda biyar kafin ya zama ɗaya daga cikin membobin da suka kafa La Liga. Ya dauki iko a Real Oviedo sannan ya lashe taken Spain a Real Betis, amma mafi girman gadonsa ya kasance lokacin da Barcelona ta kira. Bayan kakar wasa daya kawai a kulob din Catalan, yakin basasar Spain ya barke a watan Yulin 1936 kuma kasar ta kasance cikin rudani. O'Connell (jerin baya, dama dama) wanda aka zana don Ireland da Wales a cikin 1914/1915. A titunan Barcelona, hargitsi ya ƙaru. Yayin da tankuna suka shigo, an yi wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙasar. An dakatar da La Liga kuma, duk da wasa da lashe gasar Mediterranean League, kudaden suna gudu da sauri. Kungiyar na fuskantar matsalar kudi. O'Connell ya shirya kansa da 'yan wasan suna karɓar ragin albashi mai yawa - rage albashinsa da kashi uku...
An yaba wa Patrick O'Connell da ceton Barcelona daga halaka. Irishman ya kasance mai kula da kungiyar Catalan tsakanin 1935 da 1940. An san shi da 'Don Patricio' a Spain, ma'anar sarauta ko masu daraja. Barcelona sun sami ceto lokacin da ya shirya yawon shakatawa na Mexico don tara kuɗi.