Sergiño Dest passed the medical examination at Barcelona on Wednesday without any problems and on Friday the nineteen-year-old right back will be presented at the Camp Nou. That the Catalans have a lot of confidence in him is evident from the shirt number Dest has been given, reports The Telegraph. The purchase of at least twenty million euros will play in Spain with number two, which he will take over from Nélson Semedo who has left for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Dest arrived in Barcelona on Tuesday evening and then successfully underwent the medical examination on Wednesday, after which he already posed in the shirt of his new employer. Trainer Ronald Koeman would have liked to welcome the acquisition through a personal conversation, but because he was in a ‘corona bubble’ prior to the match against Celta de Vigo on Thursday, the appointment could not take place.

On Wednesday evening Dest dined with a number of representatives from Barcelona and Thursday his first training is scheduled. The American international will complete an individual training. His official presentation will follow on Friday, after which he will join the selection of Koeman. His transfer is thus completed in a few days after he was told on Saturday after his substitution against Vitesse (2-1 win) that Ajax had reached an oral agreement about the transfer fee.

Barcelona pays a fixed transfer fee of twenty million euros. According to the newspaper, Ajax also receives five million euros in more or less guaranteed bonuses. On Sunday, Dest said goodbye to his teammates at De Toekomst during the walk-out practice. This Sunday, Dest may already be able to make his debut for his new club. Koeman’s team will then take on Sevilla at 9 p.m.