Rayo Vallecano goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski admitted to 'Mozzart Sport' that in January he reached an agreement to join Barcelona, but that Neto prevented it from coming to fruition because he refused to leave. The goalkeeper could have been in contention to take the job from Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.
Barcelona had closed the deal to sign Stole Dimitrievski, who plays for Rayo Vallecano, for the second half of the current season. Everything got stuck because Neto, who had to leave for the deal to go through, refused to do so. This is not a media leak, but the story of the goalkeeper himself, who told 'Mozzart Sport'.
"In January, I came to an agreement with Barça. Everything was ready, all that was left was to sign the contract. But everything was stopped because of Neto. He didn't want to leave," he said. It is a setback in his career because, considering that Ter Stegen was not at his best, perhaps he could have fought for his place.
In any case, Xavi Hernandez has already shown in public that he has great confidence in the German goalkeeper, who will continue where he is, at least, until next season. Summer is an ideal opportunity to bring in reinforcements and the Camp Nou goalkeepers are not Laporta's priority... for the moment.
Dimitrievski has been able to forget the episode of his frustrated signing by Barcelona quickly because, after January, he continued to be a key player for Andoni Iraola. In fact, he came up against the 'culés' in mid-April, in the match in which the Madrid side won 1-0.