Former Manchester United defender Danny Simpson believes the club need to take some heat off big-money summer signing Benjamin Sesko and bring in an experienced former Premier League No.9 who can help \u2018mentor him\u2019.<\/p>\n
The Red Devils splashed out\u00a0\u00a374million (\u20ac85m \/ $98m) when they landed Sesko from RB Leipzig in a move to refresh their attacking options after scoring only 44 goals in the Premier League last season.<\/p>\n
The Slovenia international has taken time to adjust to his new surroundings, but he did score in back-to-back games prior to the current international break \u2013 showing some signs that he is starting to get to grips with English football in the process.<\/p>\n
With Rasmus Hojlund having departed for Napoli on loan and going well in Italy, Man Utd<\/a> have put big-time pressure on Sesko<\/a> to be the main man up front, with the likes of Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha and Joshua Zirkzee all backup striker options \u2013 albeit not their preferred position.<\/p>\n Old Trafford legend Paul Scholes was particularly critical of the club\u2019s decision to rely solely on Sesko, who was harshly voted by agents as the worst signing of the summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Scholes said: \u201cIt\u2019s like Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer) coming over to us when he was 22 and we had no other centre-forward and he was the one playing every week. You\u2019d kill him!\u201d<\/p>\n And now former United full-back Simpson has called on his old club to address that issue in the January window.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you look at Sesko, I think having an experienced striker with him would be good for him,\u201d Simpson told Metro via MyBettingSites.com<\/a>. \u201cThen sometimes you can bring him out of the firing line.<\/p>\n \u201cI do believe they should have two strikers, it just depends whether one\u2019s a bit more senior, just to give him that mentoring role.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s something I would definitely look at.\u201d<\/p>\n DON\u2019T MISS \u27a1\ufe0f\u00a0Eight signings worse than Benjamin Sesko this summer after brutal Man Utd verdict<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Man Utd urged to sign 202-goal Ivan Toney<\/strong><\/p>\n Simpson\u2019s thoughts, meanwhile, extend to England international Ivan Toney<\/a> being a good fit for United \u2013 if the former Brentford forward is looking for a way back to the Premier League.<\/p>\n Toney has scored an impressive 38 goals in 54 Saudi Pro League games for Al-Ahli, but has seen his World Cup hopes fade since his \u00a340m move in 2024, having only featured in one of Thomas Tuchel\u2019s squads since the German\u2019s arrival as Three Lions boss.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s obviously got the temperament and he knows the league,\u201d Simpson said of the 29-year-old, who is also on the radars of Tottenham and Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI actually think as well, because he\u2019s been out in Saudi Arabia, he would actually now come back to maybe play a different role where you are a rotation option.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re going to get a lot of games, but you might start, you might come off the bench. So I think that\u2019s something, if I were him, you can\u2019t turn that down.<\/p>\n \u201cComing to the club like Man United and playing a different kind of role, because you\u2019ve been in Saudi Arabia \u2013 that might give him a chance to get with England in the summer, because we\u2019re still short of various strikers.<\/p>\n \u201cSo yeah, something might brew there. I do know Ivan \u2013 I\u2019ve not spoken to him about it, but I just think that\u2019s a great option.\u201d<\/p>\n Latest Man Utd news<\/strong><\/p>\n First up, United are once again expected to block Kobbie Mainoo from leaving the club in January, if he seeks a move, following the latest developments<\/a>.<\/p>\n Elsewhere,\u00a0Liverpool and Man Utd are the primary suitors for two of three in-demand Crystal Palace stars, and TEAMtalk has learned whether any of the trio are likely to move in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n And finally,\u00a0an agent has expressed his disbelief that Marcus Rashford earned a loan move to Barcelona<\/a> after struggling at United, as England head coach Thomas Tuchel gives advice to the forward on how to revive his career.<\/p>\n