{"id":16755,"date":"2025-08-15T18:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=16755"},"modified":"2025-08-15T18:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:04:12","slug":"obsessed-sesko-will-star-for-man-utd-amorim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=16755","title":{"rendered":"‘Obsessed’ Sesko will star for Man Utd: Amorim"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ruben Amorim has backed Benjamin Sesko to torment Premier League defenders saying Manchester United’s new striker is ready to face Arsenal in their top-flight opener on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Sesko joined United from RB Leipzig in a deal worth up to \u00a373.7 million ($99 million) last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Armed with the predatory instincts and physical stature, the 22-year-old Slovenian will spearhead Amorim’s bid to revitalise United after their worst season since 1973-74.<\/p>\n

Sesko could join fellow United new-boys Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo in Amorim’s overhauled attack, starting with Arsenal’s visit to Old Trafford this weekend.<\/p>\n

“He can play different types of football,” Amorim told reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n

“He is going to learn but he has a great potential and I can see Ben being a striker for Manchester United for a lot of years.<\/p>\n

“That’s why we paid so much money to have a striker that will have his history in our club.”<\/p>\n

Asked if Sesko could start against Arsenal, the United boss said: “We didn’t have a lot of time but he’s ready.<\/p>\n

“Physically, he’s ready. That is a big component in our league. Then, he’s really smart. Every detail that he asks, he’s a guy that is always thinking.<\/p>\n

“He spends all afternoon here working on his fitness, so he’s ready to play. We will see if he’s going to start.”<\/p>\n

Sesko scored 21 goals for German side Leipzig last term and has made a good first impression on Amorim at United’s new-look Carrington training complex.<\/p>\n

“He’s one guy who stays here, has lunch, and goes to the medical department, does the stretching,” he said.<\/p>\n

“He is always thinking about football. He’s really obsessed about that and that is a good thing because you don’t have to think about that aspect with that young guy.<\/p>\n

“I don’t need to tell Ben, ‘Ben, this is Manchester United, a lot of pressure, you have to perform, you need to be ready for the physicality, we need to be ready, every game is like do or die’.<\/p>\n

Sesko’s arrival in Manchester has raised fresh questions over the future of United striker Rasmus Hojlund.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Denmark international has been strongly linked with an exit, just two years on from joining from Atalanta.<\/p>\n

Hojlund said on United’s pre-season tour that he wants to stay at United, but reports of a potential move to AC Milan persist.<\/p>\n

“He is one more option,” Amorim said. “We will see. We are focused on this game and Rasmus is still our player.”<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ruben Amorim has backed Benjamin Sesko to torment Premier League defenders saying Manchester United’s new striker is ready to face Arsenal in their top-flight opener on Sunday. Sesko joined United from RB Leipzig in a deal worth up to \u00a373.7 million ($99 million) last Saturday. Armed with the predatory instincts and physical stature, the 22-year-old […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}