‘Incorrect decision’ – Man Utd accused of constructing £74m transfer mistake | Football

Louis Saha has accused his former club Manchester United of constructing a costly mistake within the transfer market.

United backed former manager Ruben Amorim with almost £200m of signings last summer, with Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Sesko and Senne Lammens all arriving at Old Trafford.

Cunha and Mbeumo, who each scored in Sunday’s impressive win over title favourites Arsenal, already look to be shrewd acquisitions and have attracted praise from several United legends.

Lammens has also impressed since joining United, displacing Andre Onana because the No. 1 at Old Trafford and showing signs he can keep that status for years to return.

Sesko has fared less well since completing a £74m move from RB Leipzig, nevertheless, scoring just five goals in all competitions.

Saha believes Sesko is a ‘good player’ and a ‘terrific lad’ but has questioned how he was ever going to succeed as a comparatively unproven 22-year-old expected to be the club’s first-choice striker.

Signing Sesko was ultimately a ‘unsuitable decision’, in accordance with Saha, and an ‘even worse’ blunder than the appointment of Amorim, who was sacked after just 14 months in charge earlier within the month.

‘I believe he’s a terrific lad and a great player,’ Saha told Gambling.com. ‘He perhaps has a confidence issue, and I totally understand why.

‘I believe we said it way before. I believe what they’ve done unsuitable is bringing in a young player, like 21 or 22, and expecting them to attain 20 goals a season without an experienced player ahead of them.

‘We’ve had Ibrahimovic, Rooney, Ronaldo and Van Nistelrooy before. You already know, all those players are so essential for young players.

‘Until they understand that, it’s totally normal that he’s like learning in a strategy of performing. It’s extremely hard. It’s extremely hard and demanding.

‘I actually have never been in that position. I had Solskjaer, Tevez and Alan Smith. I had Van Nistelrooy and even Henrik Larsson. He got here for six months, and I learned.

‘I used to be in a position to learn because I used to be less under pressure due to those players; they don’t perform well sometimes. OK, I don’t perform as well.

‘But those are, let’s say, higher players or costlier players. People expect more from them.

‘Sesko is a terrific lad. You’ll be able to see that he desires to work hard. He wants to enhance. His training sessions are apparently top top top daily.

‘He’ll improve, but under pressure, attempting to perform and rating every week, it’s almost not possible.

‘Who has decided this for the last three years? Oh my god, it’s a unsuitable, unsuitable decision, and it’s even worse than picking the unsuitable manager.’

Sesko scored 39 goals in 87 appearances in his two seasons at RB Leipzigand attracted interest from Arsenal and Newcastle United in addition to the Red Devils.

Arsenal decided to sign Viktor Gyokeres as an alternative of Sesko however the Sweden international has also endured a slow begin to his Premier League profession.

Sesko was an unused substitute in United’s derby win over Manchester City and got here on for the ultimate ten minutes of Sunday’s win at Arsenal.

The Slovenia international will hope to get more game-time under caretaker boss Michael Carrick but Tim Sherwood has told Metro that’s unlikely.

Manchester United, back within the Champions League places after beating Man City and Arsenal, face Fulham this weekend.

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