American Sergiño Dest was transferred from FC Barcelona to PSV Eindhoven

FC Barcelona announced this Saturday the definitive transfer of Sergiño Dest to PSV Eindhoven, in an operation free of charge for the Dutch club and reserving an unspecified percentage of any future sale of the player.

Sergiño Dest, 23, played this last season on loan at PSV Eindhoven, which had agreed on a purchase option for $12 million dollars and which it refused to carry out after the footballer was injured in April, suffering a torn ligament. cruciate right knee that will keep him off the playing fields, at least until the month of November.

At the end of the season, PSV informed FC Barcelona of their agreement to extend Dest’s loan, but the Camp Nou offices felt it would be more appropriate to negotiate a permanent transfer, given that the player’s contract expires at the end of next season.

In this way, the Catalan club, even if it does not receive any amount in transfer fees almost four years after having paid $21 million to Ajax Amsterdam for his signing, will still be entitled to a payment in the event that PSV sells the American international in the future.

Unsuccessful passage through Barcelona

A club player and considered the definitive successor to Dani Alves after several failed signings, Dest became the first American footballer in the history of the Barça club, participating in 41 games (33 as a starter) in his first season, 2020. 21, under the command of Ronald Koeman.

His performance, however, did not reach what was expected and at the end of the following campaign in which he participated in 31 games, speculation began about his departure, with his loan for one season to Milan being agreed on August 31, 2022.

Although the Italian club reserved a purchase option for $20 million dollars, his role under Stefano Pioli was limited (just 14 official matches) and at the end of the season he returned to Barcelona, ​​where Xavi, just as in the summer of 2022, advised him to leave because he was not in the team’s plans.

In this way, his loan to PSV was agreed, becoming another right back who could not make the best Dani Alves forget, just as happened before with the Portuguese Nelson Semedo.

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