Barcelona Transfer News: Latest on Jasper Cillessen and Munir El Haddadi Rumours

Ajax goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen has reportedly asked the club for permission to join Barcelona “immediately.”

That’s according to Sport’s Lluis Miguelsanz, who adds that the feeling is mutual as “Barcelona want Cillessen to take his medical as soon as possible.”

The Dutchman will replace Claudio Bravo, who is set to join Manchester City. Per Twitter user Barcastuff, Cillessen starred on Sport’s cover on Monday:

Image: “Welcome Cillessen” #fcblive [sport] pic.twitter.com/GEgLvLZiYT

— Barcastuff (@barcastuff_real) August 21, 2016

Spanish football expert Sergi Dominguez is unimpressed with the prospect of Barcelona signing him:

I don’t know how Barça can go from chasing Diego Alves to Cillessen. No correlation at all. One a fantastic GK, the other very average.

— Sergi Domínguez (@FutbolSergi) August 18, 2016

Indeed, the 27-year-old is perhaps not as good as the goalkeeper he is being brought in to replace, with Bravo having proved a reliable stopper during his time at the Camp Nou.

However, should Marc-Andre ter Stegen become the undisputed No. 1 following Bravo’s departure—which seems fairly likely as the 24-year-old has been vocal in …

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