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Manchester United’s new striker signing Benjamin Sesko has obtained some excessive reward from a former coach.
Difficult begin
Sesko arrived on the membership final month however has up to now been outshone by his fellow attacking summer season arrivals, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo.
The enormous striker has not managed to attain a purpose in any of the 4 matches he has performed for the membership.
Nonetheless, it should be stated that he has solely been used as a second half substitute in all three league matches up to now.
He performed your entire sport of the Carabao Cup defeat to Grimsby City and nearly grabbed a last-gasp winner earlier than his aspect would go on to lose the penalty shootout.
Excessive reward
Regardless of his sluggish begin as a Crimson Satan, Sesko is likely one of the most extremely rated younger strikers in European soccer owing to his mixture of top, physicality, contact and ending prowess.
In feedback carried by SI, former Crimson Bull Salzburg coach René Aufhauser has predicted that Benjamin Šeško has the “potential” to match Manchester Metropolis striker Erling Haaland.
Sesko performed for Salzburg from 2019-2023 earlier than transferring to Leipzig.
Aufhaser commented that, “Benji, I feel for the time being, perhaps he’s a 9, 9 and a half out of 10. And he has additionally potential. He’ll develop within the subsequent one and two years, I’m certain.”
He elaborated, “Erling (Haaland) reached his mark after his switch from [Borussia] Dortmund to Man Metropolis and we are going to see. I’m fairly certain Benji will attain this mark after one or two years. However after all, Erling is the highest. He has 10 out of 10 from me.”
Sesko after all is just 22-years-old and adapting to a brand new league, so will nonetheless have a lot time to show himself in a crimson shirt.
The Slovenia worldwide will hope he has that likelihood when United go up towards Haaland and Metropolis within the Manchester derby this weekend on Sunday 16:30 BST.
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