Manchester City and Bayern Munich are keeping tabs on Sergiño Dest, as per claims from Spain today.
The fullback joined Barcelona from Ajax in the summer of 2020 for an initial fee of €21m. Having finished his debut season with 41 appearances in all competitions, the American has seen his game time reduced since Xavi Hernández replaced Ronald Koeman last month.
Xavi has been in charge of eight matches so far for the Catalan club and the 21-year-old has made only two starts, which came in defeats against Bayern Munich and Real Betis.
Mundo Deportivo now explain the USMNT defender is one of five players Barca are working to get rid off in the winter market.
It’s claimed Dest has ‘not adapted’ and Xavi doesn’t have enough patience ‘training a player with the current difficulties’.
Mundo, therefore, talks about a ‘very feasible goodbye’ and ‘perhaps profitable’ one for the Spanish giants, since Dest is a young defender with ‘international projection’.
Pep Guardiola’s side are tagged in the report as Mundo explain the English champions and Bayern ‘like’ the player.
Barca, for their part, want to recover the investment made in signing Dest and if such an offer [€21m or more] doesn’t arrive in the winter market, then they will have to wait until next summer to cut ties with him.
