Manchester United ready to match offer for Benjamin Sesko | OneFootball

Manchester United are ready to match Newcastle United’s offer for Benjamin Sesko, according to Sky Germany journalist Philipp Hinze.

Newcastle United submitted an opening offer of €75m + €5m in bonuses which was rebuffed by RB Leipzig. The €75m does meet Leipzig’s asking price for the fixed fee, but the Bundesliga side are holding out for more bonus payments. And while Manchester United haven’t submitted a formal offer, the Premier League side are monitoring the player’s situation.

As reported by Hinze, Sesko’s representatives remain in Leipzig for talks with negotiations ongoing – further talks took place on Saturday night and continued on Sunday morning.

The 22-year-old was left out of RB Leipzig’s friendly against Atalanta on Saturday following Newcastle United’s opening offer, and Sesko has also informed teammates of his desire to leave – the Slovenian is yet to make a decision on which club he prefers to move to.

Newcastle United are also preparing a new offer.

GGFN | Daniel Pinder