{"id":51782,"date":"2026-07-08T01:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/51782\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T01:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:42:26","slug":"confirmed-barcelona-sign-22-year-old-midfielder-for-the-reserve-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/51782\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: Barcelona sign 22-year-old midfielder for the reserve team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-complete-double-signing-as-two-more-spanish-talents-join-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the signing of Joni Hernandez from Tenerife<\/a>, FC Barcelona have now officially announced the arrival of Juan Ybarra from the Canary Islands club, with the 22-year-old joining the reserve team, Bar\u00e7a Atletic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spanish midfielder has signed a two-year contract with the club until the summer of 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFC\u00a0Barcelona\u00a0and\u00a0CD Tenerife\u00a0have reached an agreement for the transfer of player\u00a0Juan Ybarra,\u201d the club statement read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe midfielder signs a contract with the Club until June 30,\u00a02028\u00a0and will strengthen Juliano Belletti\u2019s Bar\u00e7a Atletic midfield.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udd95 \ud835\udc09\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc18\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a s\u2019incorpora al Bar\u00e7a Atl\u00e8tic<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd1d Acord amb el CD Tenerife per al trasp\u00e0s del migcampista, que signa fins al 30 de juny del 2028<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YArliJHYlT\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/YArliJHYlT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc \ud835\udc35\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc63\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc54\ud835\udc62\ud835\udc61, \ud835\udc3d\ud835\udc62\ud835\udc4e\ud835\udc5b!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc99\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cl8r2M4u49\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Cl8r2M4u49<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bar\u00e7a Atl\u00e8tic (@FCBarcelonaB) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FCBarcelonaB\/status\/2074494066469806292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Continued strengthening of Bar\u00e7a Atletic<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this signing, Barcelona continue to strengthen their reserve team ranks which is going through major squad changes after their failed bid for promotion from the RFEF Segunda Division last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a number of players leaving either permanently or on loan, the Catalans have been actively strengthening Juliano Belletti\u2019s squad with Ybarra becoming the latest addition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 22-year-old midfielder came through the youth ranks at Rayo Vallecano before moving to Tenerife this past season.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">\u270d\ud83c\udffc \ud835\udc09\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc18\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a \u00e9s nou jugador del Bar\u00e7a Atl\u00e8tic \ud83d\udc99\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uW3x1H09MJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uW3x1H09MJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bar\u00e7a Atl\u00e8tic (@FCBarcelonaB) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FCBarcelonaB\/status\/2074495723022807393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ybarra excelled for the club\u2019s reserve team, racking up 13 goals and nine assists, showcasing the attacking threat and quality he brings to the table. He also made his first-team debut for Tenerife in April this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona will hope that his goal threat and creative capabilities help the reserve team achieve promotion to the RFEF Primera Division.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the signing of Joni Hernandez from Tenerife, FC Barcelona have now officially announced the arrival of Juan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9269,92,222,223,22341],"class_list":["post-51782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barca-atletic","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-juan-ybarra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}