According to Opta's analysis, Sesko will become a very interesting striker if he moves to play in the Premier League. In the 2023-2024 season, Sesko scored 14 Bundesliga goals for RB Leipzig, with a rate of 0.82 goals/90 minutes, only behind Harry Kane and Serhou Guirassy (both of which were 1.14).
Sesko played best near the opponent's goal, with 13 of the Bundesliga's 14 goals coming from the penalty area, and he also ranked fourth in the tournament for ball handling (17%) made in the opponent's penalty area ( Among players with more than 500 touches).
Entering the 2024-2025 season, Sesko has shown a more diverse playing style. He has the ball more often, but has less touches in the penalty area. His away touch rate is just 9.7%, ranking 39th in the Bundesliga. The consequence of this was that Sesko scored one less goal than the previous season.
The Slovenia striker is highly regarded for his diverse finishing ability. In his two seasons at Leipzig, his 25 goals (excluding penalties) were distributed quite evenly, with 13 goals from the right foot, 4 goals from the left foot and 9 goals from headers.
Despite his tall figure, with a height of 1.95m, Sesko has a very high speed. According to the Bundesliga's official website, Sesko reached his fastest top speed in the league last season, reaching 35.7 km/h, behind only a handful of strikers and just 1.5 km/h behind the fastest player in the league (20-year-old midfielder Jean- Matteo Bahoya of Eintracht Frankfurt - 37.2 km/h).
For Premier League players last season, Sesko's speed was equal to Gabriel Martinelli and only behind Erling Haaland. This is a plus for Sesko, because the Premier League always has very high demands on players for speed.
It is also understandable that Sesko is compared to Haaland, because they both have similarities in physique, goal-scoring style as well as career development in Salzburg and then in Germany.
Sesko is showing an improvement in his playing style, to become more diverse. However, his scoring form is not really uniform. He has scored half of his 14 goals in the 2023-2024 season in seven consecutive games, becoming the youngest player since Rudi Voller in 1982-83 to score in seven consecutive Bundesliga games.
And last season, Sesko scored five goals in four games and seven in eight, but there were also games where he scored just three goals in 11 games and one in 10.
Overall, Benjamin Sesko has great potential to become an excellent striker, but he needs to make more efforts to adapt to the Premier League, if he plays for Man United or Newcastle United from the 2025-2026 season.
Benjamin Sesko is the target of fierce competition between Man United and Newcastle United. Both clubs have offered prices to RB Leipzig. However, according to Sky Sports and reputable sources in England, Sesko wants to join Man United. There is even information that he has agreed personal terms with Man United. The rest is just Man United agreeing on a transfer fee with the German club.
