{"id":795624,"date":"2026-07-12T14:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/795624\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:17:10","slug":"barcelona-unveil-their-first-signing-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/795624\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona unveil their first signing of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona confirmed Finnish forward Olivier Nkamhoua as their first arrival for the 2026-27 campaign. The former Pallacanestro Varese standout signed a two-year contract and expressed excitement about making his EuroLeague debut. He is only the second Finnish player to ever represent the Catalan club.<\/p>\n<p>FC Barcelona announced a new signing for the 2026-27 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>After a lot of departures and controversies surrounding the team, club finally revealed their first arrival of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Finnish forward Olivier Nkamhoua will play his first EuroLeague season with Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Nkamhoua signed a two-year deal with the Catalan club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very happy to be here. I&#8217;m coming to a historic club, with a great tradition, from what I&#8217;ve seen the fans are incredible and my goal is to help the team achieve as many victories and titles as possible&#8221;, he said in statements to the Club&#8217;s media after passing the medical examination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be my first year at this level. I will try to bring energy, effort, good decision-making in shots and intensity in defense. There are many things that I believe I can contribute, but we have to go step by step,&#8221; Nkamouah said in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelona.cat\/ca\/basquet\/primer-equip\/noticies\/4534075\/olivier-nkamhoua-es-nou-jugador-del-barca-de-basquet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My goal is to grow every day and be better than the previous year. Being able to play in a competition like the Euroleague is exciting. I am very happy to face this challenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nkamhoua will be the second player from Finland in Barcelona&#8217;s history after Petteri Koponen.<\/p>\n<p>Last season he played in Italy for Pallacanestro Varese, averaging 16 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists in Italian League, playing in 29 games.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_2\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Subscribe to BN+ and get access to exclusive content.<\/p>\n<p>                                                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                If you like our content, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=basketnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> and add us as your preferred source. 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