{"id":731756,"date":"2026-06-28T22:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731756\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T22:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:14:10","slug":"barcelona-sign-young-ecuadorian-star-josue-caicedo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731756\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona sign young Ecuadorian star Josu\u00e9 Caicedo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">FC Barcelona have signed 18-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcablaugranes.com\/fc-barcelona-transfer-rumors-news\/124085\/barcelona-to-snap-up-ecuador-starlet-josue-caicedo-in-e2-5m-deal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ecuadorian winger Josu\u00e9 Caicedo from LDU Quito<\/a>, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/barca-ficha-josue-caicedo-perla-131897780\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a>. While not official, the transfer is being spoken about as a done deal for a loan with a 2.5 million euro option to buy. That option changes to mandatory once he plays his fourth match with Barcelona\u2019s senior team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">A verbal agreement has been previously reported, but now, according to the latest, pen has been put to paper. It\u2019s no longer a promise of a deal, but a done-and-dusted, closed operation. It\u2019s expected that Caicedo will play for Bar\u00e7a Atl\u00e8tic, at least at first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Caicedo will sign for four years, and LDU Quito will retain a 20% sell-on clause. He is a left-back that can also operate as a wingback or winger. Known for his pace, stamina, and ability to get forward, Caicedo caught the eye of Barcelona\u2019s scouts in the U20 Copa Libertadores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The hope is that he will start with the B team under Juliano Belletti, but will start making appearances for the first team soon after he adapts to playing in Europe. The top brass is hopeful that despite the relatively low cost of the operation, Caicedo will blossom into a first-team player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona have signed 18-year-old Ecuadorian winger Josu\u00e9 Caicedo from LDU Quito, according to a new report. While&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1600,49043,403,99],"class_list":["post-731756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barca-atletic","tag-barcelona-transfer-rumors-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}