Sergiño Dest has touched down in Barcelona.
The U.S. males’s nationwide crew defender arrived Tuesday night time forward of an anticipated switch from Ajax, which experiences say will develop into official on Wednesday when the entire paperwork is signed. The charge is reported to be within the $25 million vary.
Dest was greeted by reporters, peppered with questions like “Are you the brand new Dani Alves?” in reference to the Brazilian and former Barcelona proper again nice. Filling these sneakers is a tall order, however there may be alternative available at Barcelona following the sale of proper again Nelson Semedo to Wolverhampton. Sergi Roberto began at proper again within the membership’s season-opening win over Villarreal on Sunday.
Dest had been courted by both Barcelona and reigning European and German champion Bayern Munich, two choices that almost all gamers dream of getting of their careers. Dest, at 19, encountered the selection fairly early in his. U.S. supervisor Gregg Berhalter appeared fairly content material no matter which superclub Dest selected.
“I have been speaking to Sergiño loads within the final couple days,” Berhalter told Sirius XM radio final Thursday. “He has two nice alternatives in entrance of him. I do not assume you may go unsuitable with both possibility.
“He is in an important state of mind … he hasn’t let it have an effect on his efficiency, he hasn’t let it have an effect on his mindset. He simply retains working laborious and displaying plenty of maturity for a younger participant, for positive.”
Dest has appeared off the bench in all of Ajax’s three Eredivisie matches to this point this season, with hypothesis of his exit rampant all through the switch window.
