Jorquera is looking for an exit

Catalan sports weekly paper Gol claims that Barcelona goalkeeper Albert Jorquera (29) wants to leave the club during the winter transfer window because of a lack of playing time (read more here).

Jorquera, who signed earlier this year a contract renewal until the summer of 2010 (read more here), would have ordered his agent to be aware of the transfer market movements and opportunities. If a good offer comes in, the goalkeeper wants to leave in January.

Asked about Jorquera not being called up for the Catalonia versus Colombia game (read more here), Catalan national team coach Pere Gratacós said yesterday at a press conference that the player wanted to avoid getting injured:

"Jorquera has received some offers for the winter market and because he could accept one of these offers, we thought that it was better not to play this time, keeping in mind that he got seriously injured during last year's game with Catalonia."

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Spanish first division club Mallorca, who was already interested in signing the player last summer, has contacted Jorgquera again. Barcelona wouldn't have yet received any concrete offers and hasn't initially planned any transfer this winter.

Asked about a possible exit of Jorquera, Barcelona sports vice-president Rafael Yuste denied the rumours last week in an interview with Catalan radio station Catalunya Ràdio: "I regularly talk with goalkeeping coach Juan Carlos Unzué, who keeps a close eye on the three goalkeepers and he didn't tell me anything about this."

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