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Man United take shirt number off new signing and hand it straight to Benjamin Sesko
Benjamin Sesko’s Manchester United shirt number has been revealed. The £73million signing arrives from Leipzig and keeps his career long club number 30. Sesko will keep his No.30 at United Leon had already debuted in the No.30 but has now handed it over to SeskoGetty The Slovenian wears No.11 for his national team, but wore No.30 while making his name with Red Bull-owned clubs Leipzig and Salzburg. Given his history with the number, it’s probably not too much of a surprise to see Sesko back wearing it in red, until you consider United had already handed it out to someone else less than a month ago. In a very similar press release to the one which announced Sesko’s new digits, United did the same for Diego Leon on July 18. The Paraguayan wing-back arrived from Cerro Porteno and took No.30, even wearing it against Bournemouth and West Ham in pre-season friendlies. Eagle-eyed fans would have spotted something was up when Leon made his first Old Trafford appearance, walking out ahead of a friendly against Fiorentina in the No. 35. That return to the Theatre of Dreams saw Leon unveiled to the home crowd alongside his three new teammates, holding shirts without anything on the back of them. The other two new arrivals, Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha also met fans and posed for the cameras, having taken No.19 and No.10 respectively. Leon is now listed as No.35, the number Johnny Evans vacated, while the club have confirmed one more switch. Fan favourite right back Diogo Dalot will trade in his No.20 for the No.2, picking it up from Victor Lindelof who departed on a free transfer. For Sesko, the No.30 won’t exactly bring too much pressure, with defenders Wes Brown and John O’Shea the most high-profile players to previously don it. A number of players have new numbers, including a selection of academy players who have joined the first team Previous No.30s won plenty of trophies, but Sesko will at least hope to score more goals than themGetty Sesko’s United hero The only other shirt Sesko may have had his eyes on might have been Rasmus Hojlund’s No.9, given that his hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic wore it while playing in the Premier League. Discussing his Swedish idol with the club’s website, he said: “He’s been my role model since I’ve been small. “I’ve been watching him, like every single YouTube video that I can find, because he’s just amazing.” Sesko has tentatively been compared to Ibrahimovic while playing in the Bundesliga thanks to his similarly lofty but athletic 6ft 5in frame and his propensity to score an array of technically challenging highlight-reel goals. Reflecting on the comparison, he said: “We don’t have the same, let’s say, character. “But I like to see him, the way he plays, the way he enjoys football, because that’s when all the joy comes. If you enjoy football, then everything works. And I think this is the most important. Sesko idolises Ibrahimovic and has regularly been comparted to the former United strikerGetty “It’s probably also one of the parts that just makes me love him so much. “So maybe one day to meet him, that would be great. He’s my idol.” The 22-year-old then went on to further woo fans by explaining that Ibrahimovic isn’t the only club hero he tries to learn from. “Of course, I try to take some stuff from him,” he continued on Ibrahimovic. “Especially like some similarities with the high kicks and power strikes. “For me, there’s also Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney, all those kind of guys. I’ve also been watching them, of course, on the videos. “They’ve been great, of course, you can admire them a lot and I try to also show myself in a good light here and try to help the team, try to help the club to be as high as possible. Rooney was prone to the spectacular, as is Sesko “I’m kind of the guy that is ready to attack, to be in front, if there is a space behind to run it over. Of course, if there are crosses, it’s always going to be nice, I’m always going to be there and I think that’s also what is important and also what Man United need.”
Benjamin Sesko’s Manchester United shirt number has been revealed.
The £73million signing arrives from Leipzig and keeps his career long club number 30.
The Slovenian wears No.11 for his national team, but wore No.30 while making his name with Red Bull-owned clubs Leipzig and Salzburg.
Given his history with the number, it’s probably not too much of a surprise to see Sesko back wearing it in red, until you consider United had already handed it out to someone else less than a month ago.
In a very similar press release to the one which announced Sesko’s new digits, United did the same for Diego Leon on July 18.
The Paraguayan wing-back arrived from Cerro Porteno and took No.30, even wearing it against Bournemouth and West Ham in pre-season friendlies.
Eagle-eyed fans would have spotted something was up when Leon made his first Old Trafford appearance, walking out ahead of a friendly against Fiorentina in the No. 35.
That return to the Theatre of Dreams saw Leon unveiled to the home crowd alongside his three new teammates, holding shirts without anything on the back of them.
The other two new arrivals, Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha also met fans and posed for the cameras, having taken No.19 and No.10 respectively.
Leon is now listed as No.35, the number Johnny Evans vacated, while the club have confirmed one more switch.
Fan favourite right back Diogo Dalot will trade in his No.20 for the No.2, picking it up from Victor Lindelof who departed on a free transfer.
For Sesko, the No.30 won’t exactly bring too much pressure, with defenders Wes Brown and John O’Shea the most high-profile players to previously don it.
Sesko’s United hero
The only other shirt Sesko may have had his eyes on might have been Rasmus Hojlund’s No.9, given that his hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic wore it while playing in the Premier League.
Discussing his Swedish idol with the club’s website, he said: “He’s been my role model since I’ve been small.
“I’ve been watching him, like every single YouTube video that I can find, because he’s just amazing.”
Sesko has tentatively been compared to Ibrahimovic while playing in the Bundesliga thanks to his similarly lofty but athletic 6ft 5in frame and his propensity to score an array of technically challenging highlight-reel goals.
Reflecting on the comparison, he said: “We don’t have the same, let’s say, character.
“But I like to see him, the way he plays, the way he enjoys football, because that’s when all the joy comes. If you enjoy football, then everything works. And I think this is the most important.
“It’s probably also one of the parts that just makes me love him so much.
“So maybe one day to meet him, that would be great. He’s my idol.”
The 22-year-old then went on to further woo fans by explaining that Ibrahimovic isn’t the only club hero he tries to learn from.
“Of course, I try to take some stuff from him,” he continued on Ibrahimovic. “Especially like some similarities with the high kicks and power strikes.
“For me, there’s also Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney, all those kind of guys. I’ve also been watching them, of course, on the videos.
“They’ve been great, of course, you can admire them a lot and I try to also show myself in a good light here and try to help the team, try to help the club to be as high as possible.
“I’m kind of the guy that is ready to attack, to be in front, if there is a space behind to run it over. Of course, if there are crosses, it’s always going to be nice, I’m always going to be there and I think that’s also what is important and also what Man United need.”
