{"id":314555,"date":"2025-08-03T13:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314555\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T13:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:01:14","slug":"man-utd-enquire-over-signing-120k-a-week-sesko-alternative-and-get-reply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314555\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd enquire over signing \u00a3120k-a-week Sesko alternative and get reply"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United<\/a> have enquired about the potential signing of a “completely unique” striker this summer, according to a new claim from Sky Sports journalist Florian Plettenberg.<\/p>\n

Man Utd still searching for new striker<\/strong><\/p>\n

It has been a good summer transfer window to date for United, with Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo having the potential to be strong signings from Wolves and Brentford respectively.<\/p>\n

United desperately need to sign an elite striker, however, with Rasmus Hojlund not yet doing enough to suggest that he is the answer to lead the line for Ruben Amorim<\/a> in the coming years.<\/p>\n

\"Rasmus-Hojlund-Man-Utd\"<\/p>\n

RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko<\/a> appears to be the current front-runner to come in this summer, with the Slovenian ultimately now having to choose between the Red Devils and Newcastle United.<\/p>\n

While some reports have suggested that the Magpies have won the race to sign Sesko, a different update has claimed that Director of Football Jason Wilcox<\/a> is confident of getting his man and bringing him to United. Now, another huge player has been mentioned as an alternative option.<\/p>\n

According to Sky Germany’s Plettenberg on X, Manchester United recently enquired about Newcastle striker Alexander Isak<\/a>, amid strong interest from Liverpool.<\/p>\n

In truth, it looks unlikely that United will be able to sign Isak, with Liverpool the obvious favourites to get him, and the player himself keen on a move to Anfield and turning down any chance of a move to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

That said, if the Red Devils were suddenly able to strike a deal for the \u00a3120,000-a-week<\/a> star, it could have been a game-changing piece of business, with journalist Matthew Ketchell<\/a> speaking glowingly of him.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s got a real easy-on-the-eye, unique style about his play, it\u2019s almost balletic the way he moves, it\u2019s completely unique. The balance he has, the speed he has, the strength he has, the intelligence, it\u2019s kind of all there. He had a little bit of an issue with one-on-ones last season (2023\/24), start of this season, where he was going through on goal and not taking his chances – he seems to have cleaned that up.”<\/p>\n

Assuming United miss out on Isak, it then has to be a case of them signing Sesko instead, with the Leipzig star having the potential to be a huge hit at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

The Red Devils don’t have Champions League football to offer him, however, or any European football for that matter, whereas Newcastle are playing in the top club competition next season.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, the lure of United ultimately proves too great for Sesko to turn down, but missing out on him would be a big blow, forcing the club to look at an alternative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United have enquired about the potential signing of a “completely unique” striker this summer, according to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-314555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114964967459827819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}