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Manchester United hardly threatened in opposition to a removed from spectacular Arsenal and finally succumbed to a 0-1 defeat at Previous Trafford on Sunday.
This was their 14th defeat within the Premier League, essentially the most losses in any marketing campaign because the competitors’s inception, and judging from the safety-first strategy employed by supervisor Erik ten Hag, extra losses are on the playing cards.
After their most up-to-date hammering by the hands of Crystal Palace, the Dutchman determined to lastly shut store in opposition to the Gunners and that resulted in United having fun with nearly all of possession however hardly threatened the opposition aim.
Even with the clock ticking down, the Purple Devils confirmed little urgency and the type of Rasmus Hojlund is one other concern.
Rasmus’ troublesome debut season
The Dane is hardly getting any service from his fellow attackers whereas the 21-year-old appears to be fighting the physicality within the English prime flight and is usually seen backing into defenders making an attempt to carry on to the ball.
Together with his full give attention to making an attempt to win the bodily battle, he principally finally ends up dropping the ball and that doesn’t permit the group to alleviate a number of the stress.
Ten Hag had requested for reinforcements final summer time in addition to in January as he felt it could be incorrect to overburden the Denmark worldwide contemplating his restricted expertise.
However no assist was forthcoming and with Marcus Rashford’s type falling off a cliff whereas Anthony Martial stays sidelined, Ten Hag has had no alternative however to maintain taking part in Hojlund, who appears in want of a break.
Sesko stays a goal
An elite summer time signing is required to alleviate a number of the stress off the previous Atalanta starlet’s shoulders and one identify that has been doing the rounds for fairly a while is Benjamin Sesko, at the moment of RB Leipzig.
The Slovenian was a significant goal again when he was taking part in at sister membership RB Salzburg, and the 20-year-old earned a transfer to the Bundesliga final summer time and has carried on in the identical vein.
In 21 begins throughout all competitions, Sesko has 17 objectives and two assists and is the membership’s second top-scorer this season with Leipzig at the moment fourth and enroute to realize Champions League qualification for subsequent season.
🏟️🇸🇮 Benjamin Šeško’s agent was in attendance at Previous Trafford for Manchester United-Arsenal.
Right here’s Elvis Basanovic posting from the stadium forward of summer time switch window. pic.twitter.com/q7YJt1IpIg
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) Could 13, 2024
And the hearsay mill was despatched into overdrive as his agent Elvis Basanovic was noticed at Previous Trafford, watching the United-Arsenal sport.
This isn’t the primary United sport the agent has attended with Basanovic additionally noticed at The Theatre of Goals for the conflict in opposition to Liverpool again in April.
Sesko’s agent noticed at OT
He may have been there merely to look at the sport or to speak with the membership concerning a summer time transfer. Each golf equipment have been linked with a transfer with INEOS eager to pair him up with Hojlund.
The younger striker has a launch clause of €50 million and there have been experiences that the Bundesliga membership are open to promoting him for lower than that quantity.
However the Slovenia worldwide has been on fireplace within the second half of the marketing campaign and is at the moment on a run of scoring in six straight Bundesliga video games. And his launch clause is stated to have elevated by €15 million.
It will likely be intriguing to see the place Sesko winds up. Whether or not United goal somebody skilled alongside the Denmark worldwide or whether or not they select to go down the route of including younger expertise in the summertime stays to be seen.
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