Chelsea, Bayern, and Atletico Madrid in a three-way tussle for Barcelona right-back

Sergino Dest finds himself at a crossroads in his career at Barcelona.

The 21-year-old has been at the club for around 16 months but has had a difficult time at Camp Nou. Having had to be in and out of the team quite a fair bit, the USMNT star’s cause has not been helped by recent injury troubles either.

With performances not meeting up to the mark, there have been widespread speculations that Barcelona are ready to move in on him this month, especially with there being a need to shed some wages off the books to register Ferran Torres and any other new player that might arrive.

Dest’s potential availability has already sparked major interest from Bayern Munich, who had tried to sign him from AFC Ajax before he joined Barça. The German bigwigs had approached the Catalans for the right-back during the last summer as well and are again lining up a move.

However, SPORT is now reporting that two more teams have entered the fray for the signing of the 21-year-old defender. Indeed, Chelsea and Atletico Madrid are believed to have set their sights on a January swoop for Dest.

The interest from Chelsea stems from the fact that they have lost star left-back Ben Chilwell for the rest of the season due to an ACL injury. With Reece James also recently picking up an injury, a player like Dest, who can play as a wing-back on either flank becomes an attractive target.

As for Atletico Madrid, they could be looking at Dest as a replacement for Kieran Trippier, who is headed back to England amid serious interest from Newcastle United.

However, the former AFC Ajax ace has no desire to leave Barcelona as he believes that he can improve his game and work his way back into Xavi’s plans. The 21-year-old will, however, have to compete with Dani Alves and Oscar Mingueza for regular playing minutes.