{"id":378805,"date":"2025-08-27T23:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/378805\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:03:10","slug":"how-piero-hincapie-fared-in-three-games-against-benjamin-sesko-in-germany-arsenal-could-land-a-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/378805\/","title":{"rendered":"How Piero Hincapie fared in three games against Benjamin Sesko in Germany, Arsenal could land a gem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arsenal really wanted to sign Benjamin Sesko this summer, but Manchester United ended up winning the race for his signature. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Slovenia international had been a wanted man for over a year, and he was linked with moves to several big clubs.<\/p>\n

Arsenal initially wanted to sign Sesko over Viktor Gyokeres<\/a>, but the finances involved in the deal forced the Gunners to abandon their move for the then-Bundesliga star. <\/p>\n

Now, Arsenal are pushing to sign Bayer Leverkusen star Piero Hincapie<\/a>, who has faced Sesko multiple times during their time in Germany.<\/p>\n

There was always one clear winner when Piero Hincapie faced Benjamin Sesko<\/p>\n

Benjamin Sesko<\/a> and Piero Hincapie<\/a> faced each other in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n

The Slovene was one of the best strikers in the division during his time at RB Leipzig, while Hincapie made a tremendous name for himself at Bayer Leverkusen. <\/p>\n

Over the last two seasons, the two players came up against each other three times, and their record stands: one win, one draw and one loss. <\/p>\n

However, when a striker comes up against a defender, he is judged by the goals he scores, and unfortunately for Sesko, who is now at Manchester United<\/a>, he didn\u2019t find the net once when facing Hincapie in Germany. <\/p>\n

Ironically, in the game between Leipzig and Leverkusen in January 2024, Hincapie managed to score and help his side win 3-2.<\/p>\n

The Ecuador international played as a central centre-back in a back three in two of his three games against Sesko, while his other appearance came as a left-wing-back. <\/p>\n

The fact that Hincapie can boast that he never conceded a goal to Sesko gives him the bragging rights if he does join Arsenal<\/a> in the coming days. <\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Why Arsenal target Piero Hincapie once compared himself to Neymar<\/a><\/p>\n

\"PieroPhoto by Boris Streubel\/Getty ImagesPiero Hincapie solves one major problem for Arsenal<\/p>\n

It is a surprise seeing Arsenal show an interest in signing Hincapie this summer after already bringing in seven new players. <\/p>\n

However, the Bayer Leverkusen defender solves a few key issues in Mikel Arteta\u2019s<\/a> side. <\/p>\n

Arsenal don\u2019t have an overlapping left-back in their squad anymore following the departure of Kieran Tierney<\/a> at the end of last season. <\/p>\n

Myles Lewis-Skelly<\/a> and Riccardo Calafiori<\/a> are both brilliant, but neither can provide the support a left-winger needs when they want to cut in.<\/p>\n

Although Hincapie is naturally a centre-back, he is more than capable of playing as a left-back, and he could make a serious difference if he starts behind someone like Eberechi Eze<\/a>. <\/p>\n

We think that is one of the biggest reasons why Arteta wants to sign Hincapie in the final days of the window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal really wanted to sign Benjamin Sesko this summer, but Manchester United ended up winning the race for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[161,5758,162,2000,299,1824,98,17900],"class_list":{"0":"post-378805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-benjamin-sesko","10":"tag-english-premier-league","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-germany","14":"tag-manchester-united","15":"tag-piero-hincapie"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115103229828062168","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378805","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=378805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}