Jasper Cillessen doesn't want to make an enemy out of Marc-Andre ter Stegen and is happy for Barcelona coach Luis Enrique to decide who he picks as his first-choice goalkeeper this season.
Cillessen, 27, was presented at Camp Nou on Friday after joining the club from Ajax in a deal which could eventually rise to €15 million as Claudio Bravo's replacement, after he signed for Manchester City.
Bravo has played La Liga games for the Catalan side for the last two seasons, while ter Stegen has featured in the Champions League and the Copa del Rey.
Cillessen says he's unaware of how the situation will unfold this year, but hopes the competition between the two goalkeepers will help them both to improve.
"I think the coach decides who plays, so all I can do is make it as hard as possible," he said. "We won't be enemies, we will push each other on and leave it up to the coach to make the decisions.
"I hope I can make it difficult [for Luis Enrique] as soon as possible, but first I need to adapt, coming from Amsterdam."
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The Netherlands international won't be available for Sunday's league game against Athletic Bilbao due to paperwork issues, but he was able to train with his new teammates on Friday.
And he was given a particularly warm welcome by ter Stegen, as well as by former Ajax striker Luis Suarez.
"This morning [ter Stegen] welcomed me and I told him we can speak in English but also in German, because I speak a little German, and I think we can get along quite well," he said.
"I think he is a great goalkeeper, he showed that in Germany when he started and now here.
"His most important quality is his footballing skills and I hope I can be at the same level. It will be great to play with Luis, too. I didn't play with him at Ajax but I know all about him, of course.
"The first thing he said to me was in Dutch, asking me how I was, so he made me feel immediately at home."
Cillessen, who cited Edwin van der Sar as his role model, is now looking forward to "winning a lot of trophies and making people proud"-- both in the Netherlands and in Catalonia.