BARCELONA goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen has revealed he will consider leaving next January if he carries on sitting on the bench.
The 28-year-old has found game time hard at the Camp Nou this season since he joined from Ajax last season to replace Claudio Bravo.
He only made nine appearances for the Catalan club this campaign – playing just once in the La Liga and the Champions League and seven in the Copa del Rey as Marc-Andre ter Stegen was preferred by Luis Enrique.
Speaking to Sport, the 28-year-old said: “I have not thought about listening to offers, I’m fine here.
“If I play very little, we will see in the winter transfer window, but for the moment I am not thinking about anything.
“I’m not happy if I don’t play. When I arrived I knew that I would have to adapt myself to many new things.
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"Next season without a doubt I will fight to be the number one goalkeeper at Barcelona. Of course I feel capable. If I wasn't, Barcelona wouldn't have signed me.
"They signed me because they think I have the potential necessary to play here, not to be on the bench."
Cillessen won three consecutive Eredivsie titles with Ajax before leaving last year, and has amassed 30 caps for Holland.
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