Manchester United submission offer for striker RB Leipzig Benjamin Sesko
Manchester United submitted an offer of 75 million euros plus 10 million euros in supplements for striker RB Leipzig Benjamin Sesko. Leipzig has not yet responded to the Promance League club proposal. Athletics said on July 30 that Manchester United prioritizes a decision for the 22 -year -old striker if they were to sign another…
Manchester United submitted an offer of 75 million euros plus 10 million euros in supplements for striker RB Leipzig Benjamin Sesko.
Leipzig has not yet responded to the Promance League club proposal.
Athletics said on July 30 that Manchester United prioritizes a decision for the 22 -year -old striker if they were to sign another striker this summer and had informal contact with the Bundesliga club.
United’s offer comes after Athletic Said on Monday that Newcastle United submitted an improved offer for the attacker. Their opening offer of 75 million euros plus 5 million euros in additional modules was deemed insufficient by Leipzig, which led Newcastle to increase it to at least 80 million euros.
Newcastle has a long -standing interest in Sesko, with the pursuit of the club of him in the middle of the top scorer of last season, Alexander Isak, expressing the desire to leave. Liverpool had an initial offer of 110 million pounds sterling for Isak rejected.
Manchester United has already strengthened in the advanced areas this summer with the additions of Matheus Cunha of Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford.
Ruben Amorim’s team also admired the Aston Villa Ollie Watkins attacker and explored the costs of potential offers when you consider a move for SESKO. Manchester United’s hierarchy hesitated to pay what they thought they needed for Villa planning to do business.
Sesko scored 21 goals all competitions last season for Leipzig and recorded 39 goals and eight assists in 87 appearances for the German club since the signing of RB Salzburg in 2023.
His Leipzig contract takes place until 2029.
Arsenal also had an interest in the attacker, but signed Viktor Gykerres by Sporting CP in a first contract of 63.5 million euros this summer. Chelsea had admired Sesko for several years but had chosen to sign Liam Delap and Joao Pedro this window.
Analysis of the Manchester United correspondent of athletics Carl Anka
The 22-year-old Slovenian striker is perhaps the largest, rough and brightest diamond operating towards the top of the five best European leagues.
This summer marks the third time that United was interested, first assessing it in 2019 when he appeared to the senior team of NK Domzale at 16, before watching him throughout the 2022-23 season, when he scored 16 goals in 30 Austrian Bundesliga games for Red Bull Salzburg.
In 2025, he became a hammer of an attacker. He combines a speed in a straight line, a powerful finish and a purity of mind to become an attacker against whom central defenders hate playing.
A fast 195 cm / 6 -inch striker who spent a brief period tearing the Austrian league before moving to the Bundesliga, Sesko obtained some comparisons with Erling Haaland. Sesko is not entirely at this level, but has a lot of raw materials to suggest that he could reach it.
His 2023-24 shooting card illustrates an attacker happy to go for a goal everywhere and each time. Left foot, right foot, headers. Long -range cannons and lots of pingers in the penalty box.
Sesko is an attacker with high potential, but there is a considerable risk when signing such a player for a club like United. He has physical tools to adapt to the Premier League life, but no one knows with certainty if he will have the temperament “above the shoulders” to deal with the life examination to Old Trafford.
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