FC Espanyol’s wingers or chap from Barcelona? (6)

I believe the answer is:

manuel

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'chap from barcelona?' is the definition.
'Manuel' can be an answer for 'chap'. I'm not sure about the 'from barcelona?' bit.

'fc espanyol's wingers' is the wordplay.
'fc' becomes 'manu' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wingers' suggests removing the centre (letters on the edges or wings of the word).
'espanyol' with its centre removed is 'el'.
'manu'+'el'='MANUEL'

'or' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for manuel that I've seen before include "incompetent hotel worker" , "Spaniard" , "Abduct" , "Fawlty Towers waiter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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