MANCHESTER UNITED are set to lose out on transfer target Benjamin Sesko to RB Leipzig, according to reports.
The Red Devils are in the market for a striker amid doubts surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo’s future.
Sesko, 19, has been identified as a key target, although United chiefs have baulked at RB Salzburg’s £55million valuation.
The Red Devils had been hoping to negotiate a lower fee, but it now appears to be too late.
According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, RB Leipzig are close to completing a swoop for Sesko from their partner club.
He is set to undergo a medical with the Bundesliga side this week, although won’t move there until 2023.
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RB Salzburg are determined to get another year out of the forward, with Sesko himself content with spending the 2022-23 season in Austria.
The deal could be confirmed this week.
Sesko may partner Chelsea flop Timo Werner at RB Leipzig, after the Bundesliga side agreed a £25.3m deal to re-sign the forward from Stamford Bridge.
The Blues will make a near-£30m loss on the 26-year-old, who they spent £53m on in 2020.
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Werner only managed 23 goals in 89 Chelsea appearances, but was far more prolific in the Bundesliga.
In four years at RB Leipzig he scored 90 goals and laid on 40 assists.
Meanwhile, Man United fielded Christian Eriksen as a false nine for their Prem opener against Brighton.
The experiment didn’t work, with wantaway forward Ronaldo eventually coming on in the 2-1 defeat.
Anthony Martial is missing with a knee injury, while Edinson Cavani left at the end of last season.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
