Manchester United are at risk of repeating the same mistake with Benjamin Sesko as they made with Rasmus Hojlund, warns Dwight Yorke.
The 22-year-old moved to Old Trafford from RB Leipzig over the summer in a deal which was worth just short of £74m.
The Slovenia international came with a glowing reputation and had also been linked with the likes of Arsenal, but it has been a slow start to life in England for him.
Sesko has scored just twice in his first 15 Premier League appearances and has not found the back of the net since October 4 in a win over Sunderland.
It was another frustrating night for the young forward on Tuesday as he missed a couple of good chances in the Red Devils’ tedious 1-1 draw with Wolves at Old Trafford.
Former Manchester United striker Yorke is not necessarily laying the blame at Sesko’s feet, saying the team is not creating enough chances for him or playing to his strengths.
The Trinidad and Tobago legend sees a similar situation emerging to that of Hojlund, who was extremely underwhelming with Manchester United but looks vastly improved since his summer move to Napoli.
‘At the end of the day, as a striker, you’re always going to be judged on goals,’ Yorke told FootItalia. ‘You can work as hard as possible, and people are seeing the work that Benjamin Sesko has put in. However, I still think United are adapting to playing with him too.
‘They’re still finding their feet and understanding the individual roles that they all have. I think that’s why it’s taking some time with Sesko.
‘Historically at United, creative balls are coming in, trying to get that number nine on the end of their crosses and creativity, and I think that’s an area United could improve in to help Sesko.
Benjamin Sesko Premier League stats
Apps: 15
Goals: 2
Assists: 1
‘They haven’t really found a set way of playing to his strengths yet. You can see the manager is just thinking: “Just get results. It doesn’t matter how we get results right now, just get results.”
‘That has isolated Sesko. If United are not really getting him on the score sheet, it doesn’t really matter. But that can only carry on for so long because if you’re not getting that creativity and they’re not creating for you as a number nine, the frustration will kick in.
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‘We’ve seen what happened to Rasmus Hojlund, and United will need to find a way of avoiding a similar situation, but creating more chances for Sesko.’
Amorim speaks out on Wolves disappointment
Speaking after the disappointing draw with the Premier League’s bottom club, Amorim suggested the disjointed performance was down to injuries and Africa Cup of Nations absences.
‘I think we are in one situation that you have a lot of players out in the same time,’ he told a post-match press conference.
‘Of course, when you play Casemiro and [Manuel] Ugarte, in the middle, you know that is different. When you have Kobbie Mainoo or Mason Mount or Bruno [Fernandes], that is normal.
‘So, we just need to recover our players, the players from AFCON to return, and then the fluidity is going to be different. But again, we won the last one.
‘Today, we could [have] won with the players that we have. We had lack of fluidity, and then lack of quality, and then lack of creation of chances. And then we suffer a goal with set-pieces with the team that, and [yet] we are tall in this moment. So, these details are important to win these games in difficult moments.’
Despite just eight wins in 19 games, the Red Devils are sixth in the Premier League table and are back in action at Leeds on Sunday.
