Gary Neville was left speechless after Ian Wright pointed out one potential negative scenario involving Manchester United summer signing Benjamin Sesko. The Slovenian arrived from RB Leipzig for £66.4million up front with add-ons of around £7.6m.
For many years, Sesko, 22, has been considered one of the most exciting young strikers in Europe. However, considering he is still learning his trade and joining a United team that only scored 44 Premier League goals last year, there are still question marks as to how he will fare.
Instead of solely focusing on Sesko, Neville also addressed fellow summer signings Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, giving the trio a target of 35 goals between them. Wright took issue with this comment, as earlier in their podcast, Neville said Viktor Gyokeres’ debut campaign with Arsenal would be a disappointment if he only scored 10 Premier League goals.
On the Stick to Football podcast, Neville opened up the conversation by asking: “Sesko, we know less about him. Obviously, we’ve seen bits about him. We’ve seen centre-forwards come to United over the last six, seven or eight seasons and it’s not been easy. There is going to be pressure on him, obviously [Rasmus] Hojlund is still there.”
Wright then replied: “The thing as well with him is that he scored 13 goals in 33 Bundesliga appearances last season. [Omar] Marmoush left in December and had 15.
“That says to me as a striker he should be scoring more at that level. I think like Gyokeres, he has got such great ability and physicality, I think he will get 15 goals.”
Neville then went on to say a tally of between “10 or 13” goals would be a success for Sesko, providing Mbeumo and Cunha make up the other 25 goals between them. However, Wright again called out the ex-United captain’s verdict, comparing it with the much higher bar he set for Gyokeres.
He said: “What if Sesko only scored 10? Seriously, what if he only got 10. You just turned your nose up when I mentioned Gyokeres potentially only getting 10 and now you’re thinking about Sesko only getting 10.”
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