{"id":324939,"date":"2026-03-02T12:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/324939\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:32:07","slug":"neville-names-amorim-signing-who-could-be-game-changing-as-fail-claim-is-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/324939\/","title":{"rendered":"Neville names Amorim signing who could be &#8216;game-changing&#8217; as &#8216;fail&#8217; claim is made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd legend Gary Neville insists that the signing of Benjamin Sesko could be a \u201cgame-changer\u201d going forward for the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>Sesko smashed home a header on 65 minutes to complete a 2-1 comeback win for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> against Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Maxence Lacroix, who was later sent off, put the Eagles ahead at Old Trafford before a Bruno Fernandes penalty and Sesko\u2019s effort gave Man Utd all three points.<\/p>\n<p>Sesko has taken a lot of criticism this season for failing to hit the ground running at Man Utd after Ruben Amorim brought him to the club in the summer in a \u00a374m deal from Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>But Sesko has now hit a purple patch for Man Utd with seven goals in his last eight matches in all competitions after the Slovenia international had scored just two before that.<\/p>\n<p>And Neville insists that if Sesko can grow and continue on his current trajectory then it will be \u201ca big, big thing\u201d for Man Utd moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-bruno-fernandes-keane-u-turn-man-utd-stars-dragged\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018F***ing imposter\u2019 deserves Keane U-turn after dragging willing Man Utd stars up to his level<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1nsZlcgyL5M\" target=\"_blank\">Neville said on his Sky Sports podcast<\/a>: \u201cI have to say the goal from Benjamin Sesko is an absolute beauty. It\u2019s a brilliant header, a proper header.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got confidence now and he got a start today which had to happen after his recent form. The confidence, the goals, the finishes\u2026 they\u2019re some brilliant goals he\u2019s scoring by the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s definitely improved enormously. Michael Carrick never picked him in the team, he didn\u2019t pick him in the team until today so he\u2019s obviously had doubts about him in terms of not being right or not being quite there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal today is really good. I think he\u2019s working Sesko into form and that\u2019s a game-changer for Man United because they cannot have another centre-forward come to the club and fail. They just can\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-title-advantage-corners-declan-rice-chelsea-red-card-sanchez-16-conclusions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">16 Conclusions from Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea: corners, red cards, Declan Rice, Reece James, Robert Sanchez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Bryan] Mbeumo and [Matheus] Cunha have looked like United players from the start, just in terms of their confidence, power and strength.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now if Sesko can grow \u2013 and he already looks physically better and quicker \u2013 then that is a big, big thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Carrick can get the best out of him that means in the summer you can concentrate on other positions like in midfield with Casemiro leaving. You can concentrate maybe on a full-back and a centre-back because they do still have problems in those positions still that need dealing with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut maybe now you can leave the attacking players because you\u2019ve got Sesko, Cunha, Mbeumo, Bruno, Amad, Mount \u2013 they will cause problems to any team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael Carrick has doubled or trebled the value of the United squad from where they were under Ruben Amorim. He\u2019s made players that we doubted look like really good players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat will please the owners of course because there\u2019s been so must waste it\u2019s untrue. It\u2019s a complete transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-next-permanent-manager-deadline-confirmed-simeone-slips-radar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next permanent Man Utd manager \u2018deadline\u2019 confirmed as top candidate \u2018slips under radar\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man Utd legend Gary Neville insists that the signing of Benjamin Sesko could be a \u201cgame-changer\u201d going forward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-324939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}