“I think more than looking at exactly what he did during the games, it is what he can bring to our team,” Amorim said of Sesko, during the second half of his press conference to preview the 16:30 BST kick-off, when asked about the striker’s comments about the pace of the Premier League.

“If you see, against Burnley, he had some movements, especially inside the box, that we don’t have with Josh [Zirkzee], [Matheus] Cunha and even with Rasmus [Hojlund] in the past.

“We have a guy who likes to go inside the box to have a header, he can run – we need to use him more as a runner. He’s going to improve.

“You can feel that he feels the pace is different, he’s going to get used to that, but maybe, against City, it’s a good moment to start the game!”