Serie A giants want to negotiate a lower fee for the signing of Barcelona loanee

Sergino Dest’s loan spell with AC Milan has not really been as smooth as he would have hoped. The 22-year-old, who left for Italy in the summer, has made a solitary start in Serie A and has appeared in just 13 games across all competitions.

Now, Milan do not really have any problem with Dest. In fact, they do not question his quality and projection at all, but the problem for the young right-back is the fact that he is competing against an experienced Davide Calabria.

Dest’s departure from Barcelona in the summer made one thing extremely clear, which is he does not have Xavi’s confidence. Hence, Milan are given the option to make his stay permanent for a fee reported to be worth €20 million.

As it turns out, the Serie A champions are not willing to match the figures. However, this does not mean the team wants to discard the player once his loan spell ends. 

Meanwhile, journalist Achraf Ben Ayad has claimed that Dest is focused on playing the maximum possible number of matches while AC Milan and Barcelona hash out the negotiations, with the Italian side unwilling to pay the €20 million to sign him.

They are of the idea that although he did well at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the figure mentioned by the Blaugrana is just too high. In turn, Milan are in favour of another loan spell and if not that, they want a substantial reduction in the transfer fee.

As for Barcelona, they are against both ideas, to say the very least. They know that although the player has no place at Camp Nou, there are other suitors who are ready to accept him in the summer.

As reported before, Serie A outfit Roma are duly interested in his acquisition and as many as two unnamed Premier League sides are also following his situation.

While the player’s final destination is something that is still hanging in the air, Barcelona are definitive about the fact that the player will be sold for good in the summer and they do not wish to give any sort of discount whatsoever.