‘Why did we bring someone in that we didn’t need?’ – Manchester United legend baffled at club’s acquisition of Benjamin Sesko | OneFootball

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel has questioned the club’s decision to sign Benjamin Sesko during the last summer window.

Sesko was a part of three new attacking acquisitions at United, joining Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo from Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brentford respectively.

His arrival ultimately led to the departure of Rasmus Hojlund to Napoli on a season-long loan deal with a conditional obligation to make the deal permanent.

After a slow start to life at Old Trafford, Sesko netted in consecutive matches for United just before the international break and seems to be gradually finding his feet.

However, Schemichel remains of the opinion that Sesko was an unnecessary signing, attributing Hojlund’s United struggles to a lack of service rather than the quality of the player.

“I’ve consistently said this for two-and-a-half years – Rasmus Hojlund will be a 25-goal-a-year striker for Manchester United, but he needs service,” the United legend told BBC’s Sacked in the Morning podcast (h/t The Daily Mail).

“We let him go on the stats that he scored very little goals last season and bring Sesko in at the time we bring in Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbuemo, who would give Hojlund first-class service.

“You spend £70m-plus on Sesko, when we don’t have the number six we should have, and there’s the goalkeeping position as well.

“Why did we bring someone in that we didn’t need? Because the head of recruitment [Christopher Vivell] comes from Leipzig and he’s got to make a mark.”

Sesko was unable to carry over his United form onto the international scene as he blanked in both of Slovenia’s World Cup qualifiers against Kosovo and Switzerland.

Ruben Amorim will be hoping that his star striker is back amongst the goals when United resume Premier League duty on Sunday with a trip to Anfield.