Ruben Amorim says new signing Benjamin Sesko is “ready to play” in Manchester United’s Premier League curtain raiser towards rivals Arsenal.
United will start their bid to enhance on the membership’s report lowly end of fifteenth place final marketing campaign once they host final season’s Premier League runners-up Arsenal.
The Previous Trafford trustworthy could also be given a primary glimpse of summer season recruit Sesko alongside Premier League debuts for Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo.
Sesko, who had additionally been linked with a transfer to Sunday’s opponents Arsenal earlier within the switch window, accomplished a transfer to Previous Trafford final week in a transfer value £74m from RB Leipzig. Requested whether or not the 22-year-old striker can be concerned from the beginning towards the Gunners, Amorim stated:
“He hasn’t had a variety of time, [but] bodily he is prepared.
“He’s really smart, a guy who’s always thinking. He is ready to play but we’ll see if he’s going to start.”
Quizzed additional about Sesko, Amorim lauded the Slovenia worldwide for his angle, suggesting United had discovered a participant who could lead on the road for the membership for years to come back.
“He [Sesko] has great potential,” Amorim stated.
“He has a great potential in everything he does. He can play a different type of football. He is going to feel that the Premier League is aggressive. He is going to learn.
“However Ben could be a striker for United for lots of years, that is why we paid a lot cash to have a striker who can have his historical past in our membership.”
“He is one man who stays right here, has lunch, and goes to the medical division, does the stretching.
“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.
“I need not inform Ben, ‘Ben, that is Manchester United, a variety of stress, it’s a must to carry out, you want to be prepared for the physicality, we must be prepared, each recreation is like do or die’.
“With that guy, I don’t have that concern. I have the opposite, enjoy a little bit.
“I actually like that [he asks questions], particularly when it’s sensible questions so he is listened and he desires to carry out in order that is superb.”
Amorim: Hojlund remains to be a Man Utd participant
Sesko’s arrival at Previous Trafford has plunged Rasmus Hojlund’s United future into additional doubt. The Danish striker, who struggled for type final season, is known to be open to a transfer to AC Milan, in keeping with Sky in Italy.
Talks are understood to have taken place between Milan and the 22-year-old’s representatives with Milan anticipated to speed up talks with United over a mortgage with an possibility to purchase. Different golf equipment, together with Borussia Dortmund, are stated to be maintaining a tally of Hojlund’s scenario.
Requested whether or not Hojlund nonetheless had a job to play within the staff, Amorim performed down claims that Hojlund was surplus to necessities.
“He is one more option, we will see [about his future]. We are focused on Arsenal. Rasmus [Hojlund] is still our player.”
Sesko signing may outline Amorim’s Man Utd reign
“Benjamin Sesko is a big prospect but one with plenty to prove and his success could be crucial to Manchester United’s rebuild under Ruben Amorim.
“The uncooked potential is apparent. This can be a participant who stands at 6ft 5in tall however has tempo too. He can head the ball and hearth off fierce pictures from distance. And there may be perception that his hold-up play will enhance, dropping off too however offering Amorim along with his reference.”
Read Adam Bate’s full feature on Benjamin Sesko here.
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