{"id":314850,"date":"2025-08-03T15:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314850\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:15:14","slug":"benjamin-sesko-transfer-timeline-emerges-for-manchester-united-after-65m-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314850\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Sesko transfer timeline emerges for Manchester United after \u00a365m bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Manchester United transfer news and gossip with an update on the future of RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_GettyImages-2170401045.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Sesko of RB Leipzig smiles \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Manchester United are reportedly preparing to bid for RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko (Image: Damjan Zibert\/Soccrates\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Manchester UnitedLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> are continuing to be linked with a move for RB Leipzig striker <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/benjamin-sesko\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Benjamin SeskoLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin Sesko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">United are <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/manchester-united-can-buy-striker-32186727\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"advancing on a deal to sign SeskoLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">advancing on a deal to sign Sesko<\/a>, but will be wary that Newcastle are also in the hunt for the Leipzig striker. Reports on Saturday claimed that the Magpies had submitted a \u00a365.5million to try and sign Sesko, with suggestions that the offer is still below the Bundesliga outfit&#8217;s asking price.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sesko did not feature for Leipzig on Saturday in their pre-season friendly against Atalanta. Leipzig&#8217;s sporting director Marcel Schafer admitted the ongoing <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/benjamin-sesko-manchester-united-transfer-32189911\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"speculation about the striker&#039;s future Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">speculation about the striker&#8217;s future <\/a>led to the decision being made to not include Sesko in the squad to face the Serie A outfit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Now a fresh update has emerged about United&#8217;s quest to sign Sesko. The Mirror have reported that United have now opened talks with Leipzig to try and sign Sesko this summer, as they look to beat Newcastle to his signature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The report claims that United&#8217;s talks with Leipzig will ramp up once with squad returns from their pre-season tour of the United States. Ruben Amorim and Co. face Everton in Atlanta on Sunday in their final friendly match of their tour across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">If United were to sign Sesko, it would create uncertainty around Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund&#8217;s futures at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/old-trafford\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Trafford<\/a>. As the Manchester Evening News have reported, United <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/manchester-united-prepared-make-psr-32189720\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"are willing to acceptLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">are willing to accept<\/a> \u00a330million for Hojlund this summer, which would see them net a loss under the Premier League&#8217;s Profit &amp; Sustainability Rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Here at the Manchester Evening News, we&#8217;re dedicated to bringing you the best Manchester United coverage and analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Make sure you don&#8217;t miss out on the latest United news by joining our free WhatsApp group. 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Our shows are available on all podcast platforms, including <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6Rf3zHSgSYkYIA4zaYPz5y\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"SpotifyLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=76202X1528180&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Fmanchester-is-red-manchester-united-podcast%2Fid1264579243&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ffootball-news%2Fhes-ready-man-united-already-31228583\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Apple PodcastsLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, and you can also watch along on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ManUtd_MEN\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"YouTubeLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest Manchester United transfer news and gossip with an update on the future of RB Leipzig striker Benjamin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[5758,748,393,4884,2465,423,9060,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-314850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-benjamin-sesko","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-united-fc","14":"tag-manchester-united-transfer-news","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114965495410529007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314850","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=314850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}