Three years ago, Barcelona and Bayern fought over Sergino Dest, and the then Ajax left-back chose Camp Nou instead of Allianz Arena. The Catalans were expecting a rocket on the right side of the field, and they got a player who did not manage to take the place of the undisputed starter. Even during last season’s loan in AC Milan, he did not improve his position, so he is not in Xavi’s plans for the upcoming competitive year. With that, Dest is at the top of Barça’s transfer list, but despite the fact that he neither set up nor scored goals in Milan, the right back is still a sought-after commodity in the Premier League.As claimed by Mundo Deportivo, Fulham and Crystal Palace have marked him as a potential reinforcement, and a move to Manchester United is not ruled out. And looking at the existing rosters in the mentioned clubs, Dest is certainly the most needed by Palace, whose right backs Nathaniel Clyne and Joel Ward are slowly being trampled by time. Fulham have Kenny Tete and Kevin Mbabu, while Erik Ten Hag at Old Trafford has Diogo Dalot and Aaron Wan Bissaka.Fulham and Crystal Palace are interested in Sergiño Dest. Manchester United are also keeping track of his situation.— @mundodeportivo pic.twitter.com/LsSyhk2TYg— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) July 9, 2023 Barcelona took a massive leap of faith in the summer of 2020, thinking that Dest could begin to build his status as Dani Alves’ successor, but after just 72 appearances, three goals and four assists, Dest is on the way out the door. Barcelona paid 21,000,000 euros to Ajax on time, and did not have to pay the agreed 5,000,000 through bonuses to the Amsterdaamers account because the USA representative did not fulfill them.Dest signed a contract at Camp Nou until 2025, and Barca are trying to use perhaps the last opportunity to recover a fraction of the investment, as Mundo writes that the Premier League members are ready to pay 17,000,000 pounds, or about 20,000,000 euros, for the boy born in Almere, Holland. Milan could have bought him on loan for that much money, but Dest played too little and showed even less.##NAJAVA_MECA_7363391##Xavi is therefore ready to give up Dest even though Barcelona have no other options at right back except Sergio Roberto. Valladolid’s super-talented 18-year-old Ivan Fresneda continues to loom as an option for the Catalan giants, but there is still no consensus at Barca over a move for Fali Ramadani’s protege. The problem is his price, no less than 10,000,000 euros, and his age, which does not guarantee that he will automatically start to provide matches worthy of the Spanish champion from round to round.
