With the World Cup in Russia beckoning the 30 yeareold is desperate for first team football after again being pushed onto the sidelines for the second successive season.
And the club knew for some time he was unhappy after signing a to year extension before he spoke out to a Spanish radio station today declaring that he needed to move on to keep his international dream alive.
He said: “The coach is not giving me much ball this year, but the data is there. It only remains to fight.
“Without playing, I repeat the call with the Spanish team disappears.
“The market will be reopened and an agreement must be reached because I am not happy in this situation.”
But the club can offer him very little hope of getting a move in January or doing a loan deal which could see them swap keepers with another club.
ClaretandHugh was told it would be very difficult to move him and that it was unlikely the club would be looking at the goalkeeping situation until next summer.