Dest on Milan move: I need to play before WC – Ghana Latest Football News, Live Scores, Results

United States defender Sergino Dest is hoping to get extra enjoying time forward of this yr’s World Cup in Qatar after becoming a member of Serie A champion AC Milan on switch deadline day.

Milan additionally has the appropriate to purchase Dest from Barcelona on the finish of the season-long mortgage deal for €20 million ($19.9m).

– What Dest’s transfer means for him, Barca, Milan, USMNT
– Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, extra (U.S.)
– Soccer on ESPN+: FC Each day | Futbol Americas

“I must get minutes for the World Cup. I must play. Not just for the World Cup, I simply wish to play at all times,” Dest stated in an interview with Milan TV on Friday. “They [Milan] gave me an awesome alternative. So I did not even suppose twice. I used to be like: I’ve to do it. I wish to play. So it was a straightforward determination to make.”

Dest began his profession at Ajax earlier than transferring to Barcelona two years in the past for €21 million euros (then $24.7 million) however he by no means absolutely met expectations and could not set up himself as an everyday starter.

He had loads of minutes in his first season however then his enjoying time step by step decreased and the 21-year-old Dest knew that, with the World Cup approaching in November, he wanted to have an everyday place in a workforce.

Dest has a Surinamese-American father and Dutch mom and selected to play for the USA as a substitute of the Netherlands, the place he was born and raised. He has scored two objectives in 17 matches for the nationwide workforce.

Sergino Dest had not featured in any of Barcelona’s three LaLiga video games this season previous to becoming a member of Milan. Omar Vega/Getty Photos

“Truly, the whole lot occurred actually shortly, like in at some point,” Dest stated in regards to the transfer to Milan. “I needed to make, like, a call actually fast, to alter my life, to go to a different membership, one other nation, one other tradition.

“I really like this membership. It is a membership I needed to play for once I was youthful. I believe this can be a good step for me, a great likelihood to play once more. I am actually glad and honored to play for this membership and I’ll give my greatest.”

Dest, who’s a speedy defender, initially began off as a winger within the Ajax youth academy earlier than making the swap to fullback.

“It was a great determination to place me at fullback as a result of my qualities got here out much more,” he stated. “As a result of I may go ahead, I may defend. I’ve stamina so I can run up and down.

“That was the very best place and is the very best place for me, proper and left again. Simply the very best determination to make in skilled soccer.”

Dest may face a tricky debut. The Rossoneri’s subsequent match on Saturday is the derby towards metropolis rival Inter Milan.

Milan completed forward of second-place Inter for its first title in 11 years final season, however the positions had been reversed the earlier marketing campaign.

“A special league once more and it’ll be a tricky league. Some good opponents. We now have good rivals,” Dest stated.

He then pointed to the middle of his chest, the place a badge of the Italian flag sits on the Milan jersey – an indication of the reigning champion in Serie A.

“We now have the badge within the center,” Dest stated, “so we have to hold it and ensure subsequent yr we nonetheless have it on our shirts.”

Supply: espn.co.uk