{"id":810547,"date":"2026-07-19T17:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T17:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/810547\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T17:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T17:04:13","slug":"barcelona-reportedly-close-to-signing-olek-balcerowski-from-unicaja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/810547\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona reportedly close to signing Olek Balcerowski from Unicaja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    2026-07-19T10:25:18+00:00<br \/>\n    2026-07-19T10:25:18+00:00<br \/>\n    2026-07-19T10:25:18+00:00.<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"author__avatar hide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/author\/n-miloradovic\/?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784480651_549_d82d18bc21d043c415112d81bf0a13d9.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-46 photo\" height=\"46\" width=\"46\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author__name visually-hidden\" itemprop=\"name\">Nikola Miloradovic<\/p>\n<p>      19\/Jul\/26 10:25<\/p>\n<p>      Eurohoops.net<\/p>\n<p>          <a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-header.png\"\/><br \/>\n          <\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/author\/?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        Nikola Miloradovic      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/534c96d1-olek-balcerowski-handles-unicaja-at-mersin-basketball-champions-league.jpg\" class=\"featured-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"olek-balcerowski-unicaja\"   data-image-size=\"largepost\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"images.eurohoops.net\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2025\/11\/534c96d1-olek-balcerowski-handles-unicaja-at-mersin-basketball-champions-league.jpg\"\/>FIBA<\/p>\n<p>According to Diario SUR, the Catalan club is in advanced talks to bring in the Polish center<\/p>\n<p>By Eurohoops team \/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/en\/euroleague\/1992434\/barcelona-reportedly-close-to-signing-olek-balcerowski-from-unicaja\/mailto:info@eurohops.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariosur.es\/unicaja\/alerta-interes-barcelona-balcerowski-20260718180251-nt.html#vca=fixed-btn&amp;vso=rrss&amp;vmc=tw&amp;vli=unicaja\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diario SUR<\/a>, Barcelona are close to completing the signing of Olek Balcerowski from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/unicaja-malaga\/?lang=en\" title=\"Unicaja\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Unicaja<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish outlet reports that negotiations between the two clubs are at an advanced stage, with the deal expected to be finalized in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona are looking to add another interior presence after Moses Wright\u2019s departure, while Balcerowski\u2019s status as a homegrown player under Liga Endesa regulations also makes him an attractive target.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/unicaja-malaga\/?lang=en\" title=\"Unicaja\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Unicaja<\/a> are expected to receive financial compensation for the transfer, although it remains unclear whether Barcelona will activate the player\u2019s full buyout clause or negotiate a lower fee.<\/p>\n<p>Balcerowski signed a contract extension with Unicaja earlier this year, keeping him tied to the club through 2028. However, after an inconsistent 2025-26 campaign, the M\u00e1laga side has reportedly been open to listening to offers for the Polish big man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-07-19T10:25:18+00:00 2026-07-19T10:25:18+00:00 2026-07-19T10:25:18+00:00. Nikola Miloradovic 19\/Jul\/26 10:25 Eurohoops.net Nikola Miloradovic FIBA According to Diario SUR, the Catalan club&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-810547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}