This comes after the departing Liverpool star’s Blancos switch was at last made official, TAA having put pen to paper on a six-year deal at the Santiago Bernabéu.

The Spanish shot-stopper has a €25 million release clause in his contract with Espanyol which Barcelona will need to be trigger once the personal terms are fully agreed upon.

One season may have just finished but the football does not stop, with the Club World Cup beginning on 14 June and a new mini transfer window now open.