{"id":53697,"date":"2026-07-11T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/53697\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T10:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:39:07","slug":"barcelona-joined-by-atletico-madrid-in-race-for-21-year-old-spanish-forward-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/53697\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona joined by Atletico Madrid in race for 21-year-old Spanish forward &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/segunda\/el-atletico-de-madrid-se-fija-en-borja-vazquez-f202607-n\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AS<\/a>, FC Barcelona are interested in signing Cadiz\u2019s 21-year-old forward Borja Vazquez with an eye on strengthening the club\u2019s reserve team, Bar\u00e7a Atletic. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the Blaugrana now have to compete with rivals Atletico Madrid, who opened talks with the player\u2019s representatives several weeks ago in an effort to secure his signature. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club has presented a long-term project designed to convince the attacker to join their academy structure, even as Bar\u00e7a keep monitoring the situation closely. <\/p>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s interest goes back a while<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Borja Vazquez has emerged as one of Cadiz\u2019s most valuable young assets heading into the summer transfer window. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 21-year-old Cadiz starlet spent the 2025-26 season on loan at Ponferradina, where his impressive development has attracted interest from several clubs, including Bar\u00e7a and Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Catalan club had already submitted a proposal while the player was competing in the promotion playoffs to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n with Ponferradina. But it came to nothing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Atletico have entered the picture. Moreover, several Segunda Division sides also approached Cadiz during the winter transfer window with offers and could return for the young forward. <\/p>\n<p>Standout season at Ponferradina<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Borja enjoyed a solid season at Ponferradina, where he came close to helping the club secure promotion to La Liga 2 under coach Mehdi Nafti.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The youngster became a regular starter throughout the campaign, making 43 appearances in all competitions, finishing with a tally of four goals and four assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With interest continuing to grow from some of Spain\u2019s biggest clubs, Borja Vazquez could become one of Cadiz\u2019s most valuable assets during the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona keen on strengthening Bar\u00e7a Atletic<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona have been working on reinforcing the attacking unit for Juliano Belletti\u2019s reserve team after failing to win promotion to the Primera Federacion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/confirmed-barcelona-sign-22-year-old-forward-for-the-reserve-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ignasi Quer has already been signed<\/a> to strengthen the No. 9 position, where he will likely compete with Oscar Gistau. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamza Abdelkarim has been signed permanently, but the Egyptian teenager <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-plan-to-promote-18-year-old-academy-forward-to-hansi-flicks-first-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">could be in line for a first-team promotion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, signing a player like Vazquez, who can play across the frontline, could be a prudent move for the Catalans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to AS, FC Barcelona are interested in signing Cadiz\u2019s 21-year-old forward Borja Vazquez with an eye on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[179,9269,92,222,22889,223],"class_list":["post-53697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-barca-atletic","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-borja-vazquez","tag-fc-barcelona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53697","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=53697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}