Manchester United have agreed a £73.3m take care of RB Leipzig to signal Benjamin Sesko. The striker will be part of on a five-year deal and turn into Ruben Amorim's fourth summer season signing.
Newcastle had battled Manchester United for the striker and provided an identical bundle to the German membership however Sesko most popular a transfer to Previous Trafford.
United can pay an preliminary £66.3m and the remaining in potential add-ons for the 22-year-old, who scored 13 occasions within the Bundesliga final season. Sesko will journey to Manchester and bear a medical earlier than finalising the transfer.
The arrival of Sesko will take United's spending to a potential £214m, after the signings of Matheus Cunha, Diego León and Bryan Mbeumo. Sesko will probably be an integral a part of Amorim's entrance three, together with Cunha and Mbeumo, as United goal to enhance on their 44 targets from 38 league video games final season.
Will probably be the primary time Sesko has performed professionally exterior the Crimson Bull group of golf equipment. He moved to RB Salzburg as a youngster from his native Slovenia, the place was enjoying for Domzale. A direct mortgage to Liefering, Salzburg's reserve staff within the second tier, was extremely helpful and he spent two seasons, scoring 22 targets in 44 appearances.
Salzburg gave the imposing Sesko his Austrian Bundesliga debut in January 2021 and two and a half years of spectacular goalscoring type resulted within the pure transfer to Leipzig. Sesko gained three titles throughout in Austria – although he made significant contributions solely to the second and third – and have become a Champions League common, netting six occasions in 28 appearances within the competitors.
The 6ft 5in Sesko, who has 41 caps, is aggressive within the air but in addition provides tempo and medical ending. He isn't the completed article however has proven nice potential and Amorim will probably be desirous to mould him into the striker he needs after watching the struggles of Rasmus Højlund and Joshua Zirkzee.
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United might nonetheless transfer for a central midfielder however gross sales will probably be essential after the heavy spending. The arrival of Sesko will throw the way forward for Højlund into doubt. United are open to promoting or loaning the striker, though they'd need his wages coated and a charge paid for the latter. The membership are nonetheless making an attempt to dump Antony, Jadon Sancho, Alejandro Garnacho and Tyrell Malacia.
