Benjamin Sesko leaves Man Utd legend perplexed as three decisions called out

Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel has hit out at his former club for their decision to sign Benjamin Sesko and let Rasmus Hojlund leave during the summer

Peter Schmeichel has labelled Manchester United‘s decision to sign Benjamin Sesko and offload Rasmus Hojlund as “weird“. United welcomed 23-year-old Sesko from RB Leipzig in a deal worth £66.26million plus £7.36m add-ons in August.

Despite a rocky start at Old Trafford, the Slovenian has found his footing, scoring in his last two games including a crucial goal in the 2-0 victory over Sunderland before the international break. Meanwhile, 22-year-old Hojlund was shipped off to Napoli on a season-long loan in September.

The Serie A club has an obligation to permanently sign the Danish forward if they secure a Champions League spot next season. Hojlund has hit the ground running in Naples, netting four goals in his first six outings.

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United legend Schmeichel is baffled by the club’s decision, criticising his former team for their transfer strategy and blaming their creative players for Hojlund’s struggles.

“The signing of Benjamin Sesko was a little bit weird to me because we have Rasmus Hojlund, who has been starved of service for two years,” Schmeichel voiced his concerns on BBC podcast Sacked in the Morning.

“You only have to see what he’s doing at Napoli with Kevin de Bruyne and Scott McTominay to play with – he’s scoring goals. I’ve consistently said this for two-and-a-half years – Rasmus Hojlund will be a 25-goal-a-year striker for Manchester United, but he needs service.

“We let him go on the stats that he scored very little goals last season and bring Sesko in at the time we bring in Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbuemo, who would give Hojlund first-class service.

“You spend £70m-plus on Sesko, when we don’t have the number six we should have, and there’s the goalkeeping position as well.”

Schmeichel went on to highlight other urgent matters at United requiring immediate attention, particularly between the sticks.

“This season alone we’ve conceded nine goals from goalkeeping errors,” he continued. “When I played, when Edwin van der Sar played, when David de Gea played, the brief was win 10 points a season, you don’t give points away.

“Why did we bring someone in that we didn’t need? Because the head of recruitment comes from Leipzig [also Sesko’s former club] and he’s got to make a mark.

“When I played, the manager [Sir Alex Ferguson] was in charge. He said ‘him in and him out’. Now it’s different people with different agendas that decide. How can you create a stable environment to have a football team that can go out and win every game?”

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