Sergiño Dest has become a trend in social networks and a preference for the traditional Barça fans. New digital consumers and old partners are two opposite poles that are touched by the taste for new players, the illusion and, fundamentally, the speed, the overflowing spirit and the energy generated by this Dutchman from Almere with a US passport (son of an American military man of Suriname origin) born on November 3, 2000.
Dest scored his first goal in the Barça shirt last Tuesday in Kiev. He rushed into Dinamo's area like a high-speed train, took Briathwaite, who was trying to get the ball to shoot, ahead of him and crossed from the side. Dest does not have the talent or technical quality of Daniel Alves, but when he goes up he is a dagger. Released by the substitution of Alba, which allowed him to make more excursions to the opposite area (if not the preference is for L'Hospitalet), he also showed that he has technical resources. Especially a half bike that you run with your left leg, which allows you to step out onto your strong side, the right, to have an advantage in the center with your good leg.
Koeman is very happy with this basketball and potato chip lover. He is aware that he is a player who is not yet done, but that he is a good player project and that he has the most important thing. Potential. An investment of 21 million euros and five in variables that will be profitable only if it is established in the first team. Now you have to give the level, because you will have minutes to spare. The injury to Sergi Roberto, who will have Reus's two months off, automatically make him a starter. So the 514 minutes he has played at Barça so far (the season started at Ajax), they are going to multiply in the coming weeks. A good time to find out if Dest has just started its takeoff.