{"id":61196,"date":"2025-08-12T08:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/61196\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:22:11","slug":"elite-star-who-was-offered-to-man-united-is-could-end-up-replacing-benjamin-sesko-at-rb-leipzig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/61196\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Elite’ star who was offered to Man United is could end up replacing Benjamin Sesko at RB Leipzig"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United beat all competition to Benjamin Sesko\u2019s signing this summer and now RB Leipzig are shopping for a replacement.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Sesko<\/a> became the fourth major signing of the summer for Manchester United<\/a> after completing a \u00a366m move from RB Leipzig<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Slovenian made his first appearance at Old Trafford over the weekend when he was unveiled moments before United beat Fiorentina via penalties<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sesko was one of several striker targets<\/a> for United, but Ineos will be delighted to have secured his signature ahead of Premier League rivals Newcastle.<\/p>\n

After becoming a star in Leipzig, the Bundesliga side are now looking for a replacement and it seems their solution is a former United target.<\/p>\n

\"ChristopherPhoto by Crystal Pix\/MB Media\/Getty ImagesBenjamin Sesko\u2019s possible replacement is a former Man United target<\/p>\n

During his time in Germany, Sesko was adored at Leipzig<\/a> after joining at a young age and becoming a star.<\/p>\n

Former coaches have nothing but praise for Sesko<\/a>, and Ruben Amorim is already confident that his character is a good fit for his United squad.<\/p>\n

He is going to be tough to replace, but Leipzig have set their sights on a Premier League star to try and fill Benjamin Sesko\u2019s<\/a> void.<\/p>\n

According to The Guardian<\/a>, Leipzig are considering a potential swap deal with Chelsea that includes Christopher Nkunku<\/a> returning to his former side.<\/p>\n

The report adds that Nkunku would be a replacement for Sesko following his move to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Given that Chelsea are interested in Alejandro Garnacho<\/a>, offloading Nkunku could also free up space for the Blues to get that deal done.<\/p>\n

Man United were offered Christopher Nkunku this summer<\/p>\n

During United\u2019s search for new attackers, Nkunku\u2019s name was one that popped up regularly.<\/p>\n

Nkunku is considered an \u201celite\u201d talent<\/a> and has been on United\u2019s radar for several years after he was first recommended by Ralf Rangnick.<\/p>\n

There was talk of a potential Nkunku and Garnacho swap deal<\/a> with Chelsea, but clearly Ineos felt they should look elsewhere for attacking reinforcements.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: What Man Utd fans all spotted from Benjamin Sesko\u2019s first training session is like pure cheat code, \u2018haven\u2019t seen a\u2026\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

United did hold talks over Nkunku<\/a>, but ultimately the Red Devils set their sights first on Bryan Mbeumo and then on Sesko.<\/p>\n

Weeks later, it seems Nkunku might now be heading back to Germany to replace Sesko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United beat all competition to Benjamin Sesko\u2019s signing this summer and now RB Leipzig are shopping for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[3645,26088,218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-61196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-benjamin-sesko","tag-christopher-nkunku","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}