 Due to Barbara's great form, he had been heavily linked with a move to the MLS or another high level league.Due to a MLS discovery claim, the rights to sign Barbara in MLS belonged to Montreal Impact through the 2012 season meaning that the club would be the only team in MLS able to sign him unless Montreal trades his rights, according to the league's discovery process.In an interview on 10 January 2012 Barbara revealed that talks with Montreal had stalled because he did not feel Montreal's contract offer was fair and that the club was stalling in signing him.