{"id":125,"date":"2023-07-12T09:03:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T06:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/?p=125"},"modified":"2023-07-12T09:03:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T06:03:19","slug":"barcelona-defenders-agent-has-recommended-19-year-old-midfielder-to-the-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona defender\u2019s agent has recommended 19-year-old midfielder to the club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are looking at several options in the market right now as they look to find an ideal long-term replacement for the departed Sergio Busquets.<\/p>\n<p>Oriol Romeu has emerged as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-expecting-to-complete-the-signing-of-busquets-replacement-by-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one of the cost-effective alternatives<\/a>, but the club are looking at other, preferably youngster, options in the market. One of them is Oscar Zambrano, who has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-hold-real-interest-in-19-year-old-south-american-midfield-enforcer-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">emerged as a target<\/a>\u00a0for the club lately.<\/p>\n<p>Currently plying his trade for Ecuadorian club LDU Quito, Zambrano might not be a household name in football. But he has been making waves in his native Ecuador, thanks to his performances in the Quito first team and even the Ecuadorian youth team.<\/p>\n<p>In light of speculations linking Zambrano to a move to Camp Nou,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/en\/news\/barca\/araujos-agent-offers-zambrano-to-barcelona-89738024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPORT<\/a>\u00a0has come up with a fresh update, suggesting it was Ronald Araujo\u2019s agent, who had offered Bar\u00e7a the chance to sign the young defensive midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping in mind Barcelona\u2019s economic situation, Edmundo Kabchi, who is well aware of Zambrano\u2019s development, had put the youngster\u2019s name on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona scouts, who were on a mission to unearth hidden gems in South America, have also filed positive reports on the player. As a result, the club are considering a move for the Quito starlet as part of their plans to reinforce the defensive unit.<\/p>\n<p>However, it must be noted that Barcelona are not targeting Zambrano as a first-team regular. The club are looking for a player who can offer immediate performances and preferably has some experience on his belt.<\/p>\n<p>That is why Zambrano is likely to be considered as a reserve team player, even if he joins the club this summer. If the youngster can continue his rapid development, he may have a chance of ascending to the senior side in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are looking at several options in the market right now as they look to find an ideal long-term replacement for the departed Sergio Busquets. Oriol Romeu has emerged as\u00a0one of the cost-effective alternatives, but the club are looking at other, preferably youngster, options in the market. One of them is Oscar Zambrano, who has\u00a0emerged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":63,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}