{"id":35085,"date":"2026-06-23T17:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/who-is-josue-caicedo-the-ecuadorian-player-joining-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T17:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:27:13","slug":"who-is-josue-caicedo-the-ecuadorian-player-joining-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/who-is-josue-caicedo-the-ecuadorian-player-joining-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Josu\u00e9 Caicedo? The Ecuadorian player joining Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\">Barcelona continue to invest in the future. After the arrival of young Egyptian Hamza Abdelkarim to Bar\u00e7a Atl\u00e8tic, the next will be Ecuadorian Josu\u00e9 Caicedo, a 19-year-old left-back from Liga de Quito.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">According to Fabrizio Romano on his X account, Caicedo will join the Catalan side on loan with an option to buy that could become mandatory for \u20ac2.5 million.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">According to various reports, Caicedo caught Barcelona scouts\u2019 attention during the last U-20 Copa Libertadores. He stands out for his strong physique, pace, attacking ability, and crossing.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">He is also valued for his versatility, as he can play in more advanced roles. Despite having made just ten appearances for LDU Quito\u2019s first team, his potential is considered enough to justify the deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona continue to invest in the future. After the arrival of young Egyptian Hamza Abdelkarim to Bar\u00e7a Atl\u00e8tic, the next<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/e00-xlk-ue-marca-en.uecdn.es\/files\/article_main_microformat\/uploads\/2026\/06\/19\/6a35a4d2dc271.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-sports-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}