Sergiño Dest Scout Report At FC Barcelona 2020/2021 – Player Analysis

Barcelona have managed to beat Bayern Munich to the signing of Americas next big thing, Sergino Dest.

The 19-year-old full-back joins the Catalans after the departure of Nélson Semedo, who switched to the Premier League.

The right-back position has been a huge area of concern for the Blaugrana.

This signing should finally bring more balance to the squad and potentially solve a problem that persisted since the departure of Dani Alves.

This tactical analysis will give you a scout report on Dest and tell you how exactly the youngster can fit Barcelonas tactics for 2020/21 and beyond.

The analysis will dissect his player profile and see whether it matches Ronald Koemans vision of the Catalan giants.

The role of full-backs in Koemans Barcelona

Before actually starting the analysis of Dests best qualities and how they translate to Barcelona, we first have to establish what exactly is expected of a full-back at the club.

Generally, the Catalans love their full-backs to act more as wing-backs – focused on the offensive and bombarding the final third with runs and/ or passes.

With that in mind, and regardless of the formation used, all of their targets and potential arrivals have to be competent on the ball and aggressive in their approach.

However, with the arrival of Koeman, Barcelona have moved on from their traditional 4-3-3 and have adopted his favourite 4-2-3-1 system.

How does that exactly affect the full-backs?

The emphasis will still be for them to push forward and attack, only this time, the width may exclusively be provided by them on that right side.

Below, we can see Koemans preferred lineup so far in his tenure and the roles he expects the players to fulfil.

Note, however, that we are now focusing on the attacking phase of play.

The 4-2-3-1 that Koeman prefers focuses mostly on inverted wingers, hence the need for attacking full-backs who provide width.