{"id":56577,"date":"2026-07-17T16:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/56577\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:26:07","slug":"confirmed-barcelona-young-defender-joins-como-in-permanent-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/56577\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: Barcelona young defender joins Como in permanent transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FC Barcelona have officially announced that young defender Andres Cuenca has left the club to sign for Como 1907 in a permanent transfer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the agreement, the Blaugrana will retain a future sell-on percentage on the La Masia product.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFC\u00a0Barcelona\u00a0has reached an agreement with\u00a0Como 1907\u00a0for the transfer of\u00a0<br \/>Andres Cuenca\u00a0to the Italian club. The club retains a percentage of any future sale of the player,\u201d the club statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Cuenca departs<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuenca joined La Masia in 2019, arriving from the Sevilla youth academy and enjoyed a steady rise through the academy ranks at Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd1d \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\u0301\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc1a, traspasado al Como 1907<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 Los detalles del acuerdo: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ej1wR09mwl\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ej1wR09mwl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc \u00a1\ud835\ude14\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude29\ud835\ude22 \ud835\ude34\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude26, \ud835\udc34\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc51\ud835\udc5f\ud835\udc52\u0301\ud835\udc60!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc99\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L3w4jXPKZY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/L3w4jXPKZY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bar\u00e7a Atl\u00e8tic (@FCBarcelonaB) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FCBarcelonaB\/status\/2078133897083126062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 17, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 19-year-old centre-back managed to catch the eye of Bar\u00e7a head coach Hansi Flick and made his first-team debut in October 2024, in a UEFA Champions League clash against BSC Young Boys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also made 26 appearances for the reserve team, Bar\u00e7a Atletic, seven of which came in the first half of the last season, before he joined Sporting Gijon on loan in January after renewing his contract. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the teenager, who was part of the Spain squad that won the U19 European Championships this summer, has signed for Como on a permanent transfer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFC Barcelona would like to express its gratitude to Andres Cuenca for his commitment, dedication and work during these years at the Club, and wishes him much luck and success, both personally and professionally,\u201d the statement from Bar\u00e7a concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Cuenca says goodbye<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day before the club confirmed the transfer, Cuenca had already announced his departure, while posting an <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-youngster-bids-farewell-to-club-ahead-of-como-move-never-easy-to-say-goodbye\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">emotional goodbye message<\/a> to Barcelona and the fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s never easy to say goodbye to the place where you\u2019ve grown up. I arrived here as a child and today I\u2019m leaving with a bag full of memories, lessons learnt and people who have left a lasting mark on my life,\u201d\u00a0he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI leave proud of everything we have experienced together and excited to take on a new challenge, knowing that a part of me will always remain here. Thank you for everything.\u00a0Visca el Bar\u00e7a.\u201d<\/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":"FC Barcelona have officially announced that young defender Andres Cuenca has left the club to sign for Como&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23303,92,222,3028,223],"class_list":["post-56577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-andres-cuenca","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-como","tag-fc-barcelona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56577","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=56577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}