Overview
- Juan Pablo II confirmed the signing with an Instagram reveal after a teaser video sparked heavy fan reaction on social media.
- Outlets differ on contract length, with most reporting a one-year deal with an option to extend and at least one reporting a two-year term.
- Emelec’s sporting director said Cueva’s exit was a mutual termination, a move widely linked in coverage to the Ecuadorian club’s financial troubles.
- The club’s leadership frames the move as a marquee addition to push for continental qualification, and local reports note its association with the FPF president’s wife.
- Ecuadorian and Peruvian commentators questioned Cueva’s fitness, while he signaled commitment to report for late-December pre-season after a short music tour in northern Peru.