Cillessen: I want to play in the league, in the Champions League and in everything Valencia Ready to be a starting goalkeeper

Valencia will head into the 2019/20 season with a new goalkeeper and Jasper Cillessen is ready to return to life as a first-choice stopper.

Having spent most of his Barcelona career as deputy to Marc-Andre ter Stegen, the Dutchman has found regular football hard to come by and is relishing the chance to play every week.

"I'm motivated, I want to play for Valencia," Cillessen explained in a press conference.

"I want to play league matches, Champions League matches, everything.

"I've been at Barcelona for a few years, but I was desperate to play.

"This is a club with a great history."

At 30 years old, the former Ajax stopper couldn't afford to spend any more time on the Blaugrana bench, hence his haste to move.

"Now I'm 30 years old, after three years on the bench I want to play," he intimated.

"I'm also ready to play for the Netherlands again.

"I spoke with the coach, I'm here to play, that's my motivation."