Worst-case scenario for Sergino Dest & USMNT! PSV's Barcelona loanee learns extent of serious knee injury as Copa America dreams are dashed

PSV have announced that the versatile 23-year-old has suffered a serious knock. They said in an official club statement: “Sergino Dest suffered an apparently serious knee injury during Saturday’s training. How long the full-back will be sidelined is still being investigated. It is almost certain that this concerns a longer period.”

Dest has impressed during a loan spell in the Netherlands this season, having been deemed surplus to requirements by La Liga giants Barcelona. He has registered two goals and seven assists, while taking his tally of senior international caps to 33.

He now appears destined to sit out this summer’s Copa America in the United States, with The Athletic reporting that it could be 2025 before Dest is seen again. It remains to be seen what impact an untimely injury has on the defender’s future at club level, with a permanent transfer expected to be put in place during the next window.

With Dest – who helped the USMNT to CONCACAF Nations League glory in March – ruled out, the likes of Joe Scally, Shaq Moore, DeAndre Yedlin and Reggie Cannon are poised to battle it out for a now vacant right-back berth in Gregg Berhalter’s plans.