{"id":85883,"date":"2025-08-15T23:23:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/85883\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T23:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:23:31","slug":"what-man-utd-staff-found-immediately-striking-about-benjamin-sesko-during-transfer-from-rb-leipzig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/85883\/","title":{"rendered":"What Man Utd staff found ‘immediately striking’ about Benjamin Sesko during transfer from RB Leipzig"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Benjamin Sesko made an immediate \u2013 and powerful \u2013 first impression on a Manchester United staff member at Carrington amid his stunning big-money transfer from RB Leipzig this summer.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Slovenian striker\u2019s blockbuster move to Old Trafford<\/a> was announced and confirmed last week after Manchester United<\/a> hijacked Newcastle\u2019s approach.<\/p>\n

United agreed to sign Benjamin Sesko<\/a> from RB Leipzig for an initial fee of \u00a366.3m and the combined transfer package could reach \u00a373.7m through add-ons.<\/p>\n

The Red Devils tabled their first \u2013 and only \u2013 formal bid for Sesko<\/a> this month and the former Leipzig ace chose to sign for United instead of Newcastle this summer.<\/p>\n

Sesko completed his United medical last Friday<\/a> ahead of the Red Devils officially unveiling him as a player for the Premier League club the following day.<\/p>\n

The Slovenia international was presented to United fans<\/a> alongside Bryan Mbeumo<\/a>, Diego Leon<\/a> and Matheus Cunha<\/a> at Old Trafford ahead of the Fiorentina match.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: \u2018He\u2019s quick\u2019 \u2013 Wayne Rooney singles out most \u2018important signing\u2019 from Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko<\/a><\/p>\n

\"BenjaminPhoto by Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesBenjamin Sesko caught the eye of one Carrington staff member during his Man Utd move from RB Leipzig<\/p>\n

Benjamin Sesko is Manchester United\u2019s fourth signing<\/a> this summer following the deals for Matheus Cunha in June and Bryan Mbeumo and Diego Leon in July.<\/p>\n

The Red Devils had been on the hunt for a new striking option to boost Ruben Amorim\u2019s<\/a> firing line in the United first-team<\/a> squad for the new season.<\/p>\n

United wasted no time pushing forward with Sesko\u2019s<\/a> medical ahead of unveiling the former Newcastle target\u2019s official transfer to the whole world last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Sesko\u2019s move to United<\/a> came during the opening of the refurbished Carrington training complex<\/a> last week and ahead of the friendly match at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Mark Froggatt produced an \u2018inside story\u2019 piece for Manchester United\u2019s official website<\/a> about the re-opening of the Carrington complex amid Sesko\u2019s transfer.<\/p>\n

He admitted that last Friday he met Sesko for the first time and he was blown away by the \u201cimmediately striking\u201d features of his \u201cheight\u201d and his \u201cphysical presence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Sesko\u2019s key interaction with Man Utd staff at Carrington amid the former RB Leipzig striker\u2019s medical and transfer<\/p>\n

Mark Froggatt highlighted that the 6ft 5in Sesko was an imposing figure and the \u201cheavily tattooed\u201d United striker was \u201coozing confidence\u201d amid his arrival.<\/p>\n

He wrote in his editorial that he would \u201cpoetically\u201d label the former Leipzig ace as a \u201cunit\u201d and Sesko was a friendly presence among the United staff at Carrington.<\/p>\n

The Slovenia and United striker \u201cdid his best to remember names\u201d after interacting with \u201chundreds of people\u201d and was taken away to be shown the club\u2019s third kit.<\/p>\n

Froggatt revealed that Sesko had one request for him during their interaction at Carrington when he was saw what the Adidas kit for the new season looked like.<\/p>\n

Sesko asked him: \u201cCan I take this?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Red Devils summer signing took part in his first training session at the club under United manager<\/a> Ruben Amorim at the Carrington complex last Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benjamin Sesko made an immediate \u2013 and powerful \u2013 first impression on a Manchester United staff member at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[28983,403,99],"class_list":["post-85883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-benjamin-sesko","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}