Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 13:16• Rian Rosendaal

Sergiño Dest refuses to turn his back on Barcelona after just one season. The twenty-year-old wing defender received, according to Sport in the past period calls from Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal and AS Monaco, but in all cases the clubs were immediately told a clear ‘no’ from the former Ajax player. Dest is determined to convince coach Ronald Koeman of his qualities as a right back next season, so it sounds from Spain.

In any case, Dest has Koeman’s confidence and wants to show that he is the best option for Barcelona’s right-back position. The young wing player wants to work with the Catalan superpower on the game parts that can be improved even more. As a result, there is currently no room for him to switch clubs before the start of the new season. Dest has competition from Sergi Roberto and the recently recruited Emerson Royal at the Camp Nou. The right-back has made 41 appearances in all competitions since coming to Barcelona on October 1, 2020.

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Dest has also been used by Koeman on more than one occasion as a stand-in to Jordi Alba as a left-back, expanding his options in the Barcelona defence. He also regularly plays on the left side of the defense for the United States national team. Dest has been included in the selection for the training camp in Germany by Koeman, it became clear on Wednesday. Frenkie de Jong, Memphis Depay and the European Championship-goers Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Martin Braithwaite have also been selected. They play exhibition games on German soil with VfB Stuttgart (July 31) and RB Leipzig (August 4). The game against Juventus for the Joan Gamper Trophy will take place on August 8, after which the LaLiga season will start on August 15 with a game against Real Sociedad.

Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano already assured last week that Dest will simply remain at Barcelona. During a live stream on Twitch, he responded to the rumor about Bayern Munich’s interest in the right-back. “Sergiño Dest is not leaving Barcelona,” Romano made clear. There is no reason for Dest to leave the Camp Nou, the journalist indicated. “He doesn’t even consider leaving. He wants to stay at Barcelona and show his qualities there. At the moment there is absolutely nothing going on,” said Romano

Following the transfer expert, Mundo Deportivo that Barcelona does not want to know anything about an interim departure of the fullback towards the German champions. Sunday reported RAC1 that Bayern has inquired about the possibility of hiring a right-back from Barcelona. With Dest, Sergi Roberto and Emerson Royal, Barcelona currently has three right-backs. The LaLiga superpower is struggling with financial problems and partly for that reason Bayern hopes to be able to strike at the Camp Nou.


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