I’ve seen abit of him and to be honest I’ve seen enough to really want him. Looks absolutely class and he’s a top player in the making.
Benjamin Sesko | Salzburg | Leipzig
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Does he score goals?
Yes at a decent rate but he's not Haaland like prolific at the moment. It's his all-round game that is so impressive though in the way he presses, uses his physicality, and brilliant hold-up play. I think the goals will come in time because he strikes a ball cleanly on either foot.
He is a really good player and has all the attributes to be a top level striker. However, the only concern I have with him is that he looks like he has his head down when he is carrying the ball and also when he is about to take a shot which ends up resulting in a lot of shots straight at the goalkeeper or not very well placed. Other facets of his game though are great but just makes me think that he wont be very prolific for a while unless he works on that part of his game. Would be a great foil for a wide forward like Rashford though and could be a good target man for Antony to cross to.
I would imagine our chances of signing him are smaller than last summer. Bayern and Chelsea both have similar gaps up front and are likely to be far more attractive destinations. The main thing we could have offered over them this year is game time.
For some reason the top players from the region rarely seem to come to England, even with the Italian league a lot weaker than it was traditionally.
For some reason the top players from the region rarely seem to come to England, even with the Italian league a lot weaker than it was traditionally.
I think he needs at least another year playing regularly for the Red Bull clubs.
Agree with what you say about his finishing. He could've scored yesterday if he placed his shots but his best 2 chances went straight at the keeper.
I thought he has looked rather raw for Salzburg in the CL games I have seen so far, the ball just doesn't stick at times. He looks physical and all but very clumsy with the ball. Against Chelsea especially he was all over the place
Does he play better for Slovenia?
Does he play better for Slovenia?
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I let you be the judge of that..
His goal record at the same age is similar to Haaland but Haaland played these years in Norway.
But Haaland was already a big thing thanks to the U20 World Cup, and also banging them in at 19 in the CL, Sesko looks very very raw at the same age.
Again I'm not interested in comparing him to Haaland, but his overall play in the few CL games haven't impressed me to go with the hype
Feck it, I'm in. @Judas @Acquire Me @Annihilate Now! this is where I'm pitching my Muppetry for the foreseeable.
His goal scoring record at the same age before his 19th year is similar to Haaland, not saying he is anywhere near as good. But the talent is there to be seen, he is raw as most 19 year old players are.
He is 19 and looking at him currently, he needs to have a proper breakthrough year or two before he is ready for a move that big.
If it was a cheap punt it's understandable, but for 50-60m, for a player with so many gaps it's a massive layout.
Think he's more Dzeko than Haaland
Very much doubt Chelsea get him along with Nukunku. More likely to get game time here.
Who is better fit for Erik's system out of this guy & Osmihen, maybe there is someone else who fits it.
We should have got him when he was at Wolfsburg. He even scored against us in the Champions League and looked pretty good. Surprised Fergie didn't have a go for him or maybe he did. I rated him highly and he proved it at City.
Anyone seen him play against Chelsea ? how was he ?
Why are we still talking about this guy? Hasn't he already agreed to join RBL?
There's talk of RBL willing to sell. Quite shady if you ask me, just a way of getting some money into RBL accounts.
Fair enough. I think we have to be interested. Giving the limited number of CF options around
It was very shady already that they agreed on a very low fee, and now that they think about selling him is surely borderline. However, if he's available, we should try to sign him
Came off the bench. Didn’t do much. Didn’t notice him.
He came on as sub and was mediocre. It appears that he's still a rotation option for Salzburg from the stats and his output isn't impressive considering the level of the league and the fact he's playing for the team that has won the title 9 years on the bounce.
That said, he does have some impressive qualities and I can see the comparison to Lewandowski stylistically.
While I wouldn't put it past Leipzig to act shady in general, I don't believe the reports that they'd be willing to sell him before he's even joined them. That doesn't seem to fit their MO, as they don't need the money and do try to get some mileage out of their players before they outgrow the club. They're a marketing vehicle so selling players for profit isn't a goal in itself.
He has joined them & signed a contract at Leipzig. He just doesn’t officially become a player at Leipzig until next season. But he is technically still their player.
Bullet dodged, sub in the Austrian league with gash stats.
Why the Red Bull clubs are allowed the money launder in this day and age is beyond me.
Why the Red Bull clubs are allowed the money launder in this day and age is beyond me.
First time I have actually lookrf at his stats and I have to wonder where the excitement around him is coming from. I was expecting him to be hitting 20 goals with all the hype around him, but:
5 goals in 24 in the Austrian Bundesliga last season
4 in 13 games in Austrian Bundesliga this season.
9 goals in 37 games is not what I was expecting.
5 goals in 24 in the Austrian Bundesliga last season
4 in 13 games in Austrian Bundesliga this season.
9 goals in 37 games is not what I was expecting.
We have enough youtube players to be fair.
He's likely to be the next Patrik Schick than the next Lewandowski.
Well that hype didn't last, did it?
Think he's a decent player but some of the Salzburg fans have said the likes of Okafor deserve to start over him. There's no guarantee he's ready to be a starter for a club trying to achieve top four.
He's only 19. Started only 8 of those games last season at 18. I don't really know what you were expecting.
No one is really arguing he should be, the point is you buy him and develop him for 40/50m now and let him acclimate under less pressure, instead of us waiting a few years until he's banging in 30 a year in the BL before having to compete with every other top club to spend 100m on him then.
It's just better business buying him now when he's still a "prospect". Even if he didn't totally fit in, you'd still recoup a good bit of his transfer value as well.
Gvardiol, Nkunku, now Sesko... why didn't Boehly just by Leipzig? To me, a club bringing in so many players from one club suggests they can't figure it out on their own, so they'll just buy from someone who has. I even check myself from doing this in Fifa because I find it embarassing, and no one be me would know.
I try my best to mirror reality. And I assumed one club buying another club's 3 best players (Sesko obviously more of a prospect) seems completely out of the realm of reality. Not with that club though, no fecking shame whatsoever.Why?
It's a video game, who cares?