Chasing Shadows Once Again…
Ah, Manchester United. The club that treats transfer windows like a kid in a candy store: eyes bigger than their stomach and usually leaving with just some wrinkled, linty candy wrappers in their pocket! The 2022 summer was meant to be the dawn of a new eraāthe summer of De Jong! Erik ten Hag, the new sensei at Old Trafford dojo, was all about the Frenkie frenzy. But after conversations that felt longer than an extra-time penalty shootout, De Jong stayed put in Barcelona while United moved onto other fish in their football fry – hello Casemiro!
Fast forward to 2023/24 when the name Benjamin Sesko is being whispered louder than āfree piesā at half-time. Unlike the elusive De Jong, Sesko sent some Rons and Quids waving goodbye from Leipzig. Scoring goals like he’s at a backyard BBQ with plastic goals and all-day passes, this Slovenian striker made 39 goals look easier than beating the offside trap in Fergieās day! United’s been scratching their heads, strangely attached to strikers like your nan’s cat to a yarn ball, after missing on Liam Delapās bandwagon last month.
The Red Devils now need a striker like Mr. Whippy needs soft serveāabsolutely and desperately! And there comes Sesko, costing about Ā£70mil, still warming up his seat at Europe’s elite table. Wassup with that price tag? Well, it’s like hiring Elvis Presley for a weddingānot the hardest rock ānā roll worker yet but sure to be on the charts soon! With competitors like Osimhen and Gyokeres in this striker rodeo, who knows where this transfer tango will end? But if United can rope in Sesko, this footy fairytale might just have the happy ending all the armchair managers crave!
