Masip Was the big alternative to Cillessen before closing the signing of Net

The FC Barcelona carried months knowing that Jasper Cillessen did not want to continue in the club and that expected to go this same summer. The culés began to look for a relief for the Dutch does time and had several names on of the table before deciding by Net. One of them was the one of Jordi Masip, ex canterano blaugrana.

The goalkeeper of the Real Valladolid arrived to the Barça with alone 15 years and was in the quarry until the 2014, when it rose officially to the first team to be the third archer. It debuted with the Barcelona in official party, but in the club did not have clear his renewal and in the year 2017 decided that the best was to leave him leave so that it looked for accommodate in another team.

Masip Finish in the Valladolid and in Pucela has turned into indisputable and in one of put them Spaniards with more name of LaLiga Santander. His performance these last seasons has been excellent and therefore Josep Maria Bartomeu and the technical office culé posed his turn when they were looking for him replacement to Cillessen.

The Catalan finish agreement in 2020 and could have gone out, as it indicates Sportive World, by some five million euros. A very affordable price for a guardameta in plenitud, that knew the house and that knew LaLiga. With the signing of Masip, besides, the club ensured bring to a canterano in a period in which there are annoying fans by the little presence of the quarry in the first team.

The barcelonistas did not arrive to do him an offer to the Valladolid and the footballer renewed recently his agreement with the vallisoletanos. His agent, Oscar Font, ensured that there were several teams that asked after his represented, but did not want to give any name. "Several clubs of First have interested , but his first option always has been to renew with the Valladolid, where feels wanted and valued", explained.

The unexpected opportunity of Net

The Barça did not have that a goalkeeper like Net wanted to go out of Valencia to be second in the Camp Nou. In the moment in which from the Barcelona group saw that this option was viable, left to work in other options and centred in the arrival of the Brazilian. Valencia interested by Cillessen to his time and the operation resulted to be relatively simple for both teams.