It certainly didn’t take long for US men’s national team defender Sergiño Dest to land in Barcelona’s starting lineup
In just his second game since his $ 25million transfer from Dutch titan Ajax, the 19-year-old full-back was named in coach Ronald Koeman’s 11 – alongside Barca veterans Sergio Busquets , Gerard Piqué and of course Lionel Messi – for Saturday’s La Liga clash with Getafe
Koeman deployed Dest at left-back in place of Jordi Alba, injured Right-back in his debut season with Ajax’s first team, Dest also occupied left when he replaced Alba for the Last 15 minutes of his debut, a 1-1 draw with Sevilla back in October 4 Dest, who arrived at Camp Nou three days before, was brought in to replace Portuguese right-back Nelson Semedo after Semedo was sold to the club by Premier League Wolverhampton
Barcelona did not play last weekend due to the international break Dest made his USMNT debut in 2019 The Netherlands-born double-national pledged his international future at the US on The following month, then turning down boss Oranje Koeman in the Dest process, who also represented the Americans at the Under-17 and Under-20 FIFA World Cups, has three caps with the senior team of Gregg Berhalter
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