Sergino Dest has revealed the reason he left Barcelona to join PSV Eindhoven today was because Xavi didn’t keep his word to him.
PSV Eindhoven United States right-back Sergino Dest has reveal that former Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has broke a promise he made to himself before he was force to leave the Blaugrana in the summer of 2023, Ufabet Sport reported on Monday.
Dest move from Ajax Amsterdam to Barcelona in the summer of 2020 for 21 million euros during Ronald Koeman’s time, but he was not in the plans of Xavi, who took over from the Dutch coach, before being sent to play with AC Milan on loan, follow by PSV Eindhoven, until signing a permanent contract with the team from the windmill city.
‘I wouldn’t say I regret it because in the end it wasn’t up to me, but I felt I didn’t get the opportunities I need with Xavi. l felt I had to play in a restricted way, I wasn’t myself. I wanted to be involve in the attacking game because that’s my biggest virtue, but he ask me not to go forward,’ Dest said.
Before the 23-year-old full-back revealed that his relationship with Xavi had deteriorated since the summer of 2023.
‘I think he was dishonest with me. We had a few conversations, he told me things, but then I started to doubt whether it was true. In the summer, Promotion ufabet before he went on holiday. He told me, ‘I trust you, but don’t read the news,’ and as soon as he came back. He told me, ‘You have to go.’