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Manchester United retain a key benefit over rivals Newcastle within the red-hot pursuit of Benjamin Sesko with each golf equipment “in talks” with the 22-year-old striker, in accordance with a report from Germany.
The Want for a Quantity 9
United are intent to signal a brand new quantity this summer season after the struggles of Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee final season.
The senior striker partnership at Previous Trafford mixed for simply seven league objectives within the membership’s worst marketing campaign within the Premier League period with a Fifteenth-placed end.
In whole, United scored simply 44 occasions – a stunning quantity for such an expensively assembled crew. Solely Everton and the three relegated sides, Leicester Metropolis, Ipswich City and Southampton, produced fewer objectives, underscoring why the Pink Devils plumbed to the depths they did final season.
Two quantity tens have already been acquired – Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo – however United stay on the hunt for a striker to steer the road forward of their new attackers.
The membership’s first-choice choice was Ipswich frontman Liam Delap. However the England U-21 worldwide rebuffed United’s curiosity in favour of a change to Chelsea with the dearth of European soccer on supply at Previous Trafford a key consider his determination.
The failure to qualify for the Champions League subsequent season was equally prohibitive to any drive to reunite Ruben Amorim along with his former protégé in Lisbon, Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres, who has since joined Arsenal.
Advances have been additionally made to Eintracht Frankfurt ahead Hugo Ekitike, who loved a breakout season within the Bundesliga final season, however the Frenchman prioritised a transfer to Liverpool, sealing a change to Anfield final week.
This has led to a re-evaluation of United’s checklist of targets with one other very good prospect from Germany quickly rising because the frontrunner on the Theatre of Desires, Sesko.
The Hunt for Sesko
United maintain a long-standing curiosity in Sesko, who the membership have been monitoring since he was a 16-year-old with Slovenian aspect NK Domžale.
A suggestion was made in 2022 whereas Sesko was at RB Salzburg however the teenager determined to stay within the Pink Bull system, as an alternative agreeing a deal to hitch RB Leipzig the next 12 months. United thought-about returning for Sesko final summer season however finally settled on Zirkzee as a less expensive various.
However this summer season might lastly show third time is the appeal for the Pink Devils with the membership having opened talks with Sesko’s representatives, in accordance with Leipziger Volkszeitung – an area paper in Leipzig.
Nevertheless, Newcastle have additionally made contact with Sesko because the Magpies weigh up choices ought to star ahead Alexander Isak go away Tyneside, as he expressed a need to do earlier this week.
However the report by Leipziger Volkszeitung, an outlet with a wonderful repute for RB Leipzig information, reveals Sesko would prioritise a transfer to Previous Trafford over St James’ Park as United holds “immense enchantment” regardless of the dearth of Champions League soccer.
“If Sesko had a selection, he, like all history-conscious footballers within the universe, would level unerringly at Manchester. Man United will not be taking part in within the Champions League (Newcastle has certified), however they’ve immense enchantment,” the report states.
United are but to enter club-to-club talks with RB Leipzig, probably pushed by the truth that gross sales might be wanted to fund a pursuit of Sesko, who is predicted to price in extra of £70 million.
However getting the participant’s approval is a crucial a part of the equation. And the very fact Sesko is extra drawn by the undertaking on supply in Manchester over Newcastle is a promising signal for the Pink Devils’ drive to lastly land Amorim the brand new quantity 9 he so desperately craves.
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