{"id":128556,"date":"2025-08-08T08:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/128556\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:14:12","slug":"benjamin-sesko-has-unbelievable-trait-that-fixes-huge-man-utd-flaw-worst-in-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/128556\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Sesko has ‘unbelievable’ trait that fixes huge Man Utd flaw, worst in the Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United look to have beaten Newcastle to the \u00a374m signing of RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko, transforming their beleaguered front line ahead of the new season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> finished an appalling 2024\/25 Premier League season in 15th place, losing the Europa League final to Tottenham to go without a trophy and facing no European football for the coming season.<\/p>\n

Ruben Amorim has moved to sign Matheus Cunha<\/a> from Wolves and Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo<\/a> to bolster his attack, with Marcus Rashford exiting for Barcelona and others allowed to leave, including Jadon Sancho and Antony.<\/p>\n

\"BenjaminPhoto by RONNY HARTMANN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

While it looked like business at Old Trafford may have been finished, United have now agreed a fee with Leipzig for Sesko<\/a>, persuading Sesko<\/a> to turn down Champions League football with Newcastle<\/a>, who also bid for the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Sesko once called \u2018better than Haaland\u2019<\/p>\n

Sesko previously represented RB Salzburg, replacing Erling Haaland<\/a> when he joined Borussia Dortmund. Their former coach, Rene Aufhauser, trained both strikers and even described Sesko as the better all-around attacker.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenjamin is maybe the better football player, better to play with the team, technically maybe better at the same age,\u201d he told the Mail<\/a> in 2022. \u201cHis natural movements are so good, he\u2019s 6ft 4in tall, fast and has very, very good physical ability.<\/p>\n

\"LillePhoto by Lukas Schulze\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Sesko scored 29 goals in 79 appearances for Salzburg before moving to their sister club Leipzig, where he netted 39 goals in 87 games.<\/p>\n

Haaland also scored 29 goals for Salzburg, but in just 27 games, while he also got 86 goals for Borussia Dortmund before moving to Manchester City, still aged 21.<\/p>\n

Sesko solves key Manchester United goals issue<\/p>\n

Aufhauser also praised Sesko\u2019s aerial ability, which will be music to Amorim\u2019s ears as he plots an improved season at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s so smooth with the ball, very good technique, good finishing, and he jumps so high. Very, very, good with the head. It\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d Aufhauser said.<\/p>\n\nTeam<\/strong><\/td>\nHeaded Goals (2024\/25)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nEverton<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCrystal Palace<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSouthampton<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIpswich Town<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLeicester City<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWolves<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nManchester United<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

United were the league\u2019s lowest scorers from headers last season.<\/p>\n

United were the Premier League\u2019s lowest goalscorers last season from headers, finding the net just four times by that method \u2013 level with Wolves. Only Everton and the three relegated sides scored fewer than United\u2019s total of 44 goals.<\/p>\n

And three of Sesko\u2019s 21 goals for Leipzig last term were with his head, with his total goals placing him above top United scorer Bruno Fernandes, giving Amorim more firepower to go with the additions of Cunha and Mbeumo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United look to have beaten Newcastle to the \u00a374m signing of RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko, transforming…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":128557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[38620,6649,3782,12445,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-128556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-benjamin-sesko","9":"tag-english-premier-league","10":"tag-manchester-united","11":"tag-ruben-amorim","12":"tag-soccer","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114992150193775448","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}