"I know [Matheus] Cunha has done really well over the last couple of seasons but I would really like an experienced striker. I hope I'm wrong but I really hope they aren't making the same mistakes with [Benjamin] Sesko as they did with Rasmus [Hojlund]. A young player coming in with no Premier League experience, it just feels like history repeating itself."
"Honestly, for what it would have cost, I would have gone and brought in someone like Ollie Watkins, someone to help and pull the young strikers out of a bad patch. When young players are just coming into the club, when the onus is on them to score goals, if they're having a few bad games they have to have the safety net of being pulled out of the firing line."
Manchester United completed the signing of Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig in a deal potentially worth up to £73 million. The club chose the 22-year-old long-term prospect over established Premier League forward Ollie Watkins. Concerns exist about entrusting Old Trafford's striking duties to a player without Premier League experience, with fears of repeating previous recruitment mistakes involving young forwards. Watkins was seen as an experienced option able to provide a safety net for younger strikers during poor runs of form; he scored 16 goals and supplied 8 assists in the 2024/25 season. Sesko scored 39 goals in 87 games for Leipzig, including 21 last season, offering high upside.
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