{"id":1337,"date":"2025-08-07T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/08\/07\/manchester-united-secures-agreement-with-rb-leipzig-for-benjamin-sesko-transfer\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:27:35","slug":"manchester-united-secures-agreement-with-rb-leipzig-for-benjamin-sesko-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/08\/07\/manchester-united-secures-agreement-with-rb-leipzig-for-benjamin-sesko-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Secures Agreement with RB Leipzig for Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have reached an agreement with RB Leipzig to sign striker Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko in a deal reported to start at \u20ac76.5 million (\u00a366.7 million) plus \u20ac8.5 million in add-ons. Although Leipzig preferred Newcastle&#8217;s higher initial offer of \u20ac82.5 million, \u0160e\u0161ko&#8217;s determination to join United led to a compromise on the fee structure.<\/p>\n<p>\u0160e\u0161ko, currently training alone, has been granted permission to travel for a medical appointment with United. His transfer will mark the third major summer signing to bolster United&#8217;s forward line, following Matheus Cunha&#8217;s arrival from Wolverhampton Wanderers for \u00a362.5 million and Bryan Mbeumo\u2019s signing from Brentford for \u00a371 million.<\/p>\n<p>This series of acquisitions pushes Manchester United&#8217;s summer expenditure beyond \u00a3200 million. Once \u0160e\u0161ko&#8217;s transfer is complete, the club&#8217;s focus is anticipated to shift towards signing a new midfielder. However, potential moves, such as for Brighton &#038; Hove Albion&#8217;s Carlos Baleba, may prove financially challenging.<\/p>\n<p>This transfer represents a significant investment in strengthening United&#8217;s attacking options as the club prepares for the ongoing season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United agrees with RB Leipzig to sign striker Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko, his third major summer signing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[317,182],"class_list":["post-1337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","tag-benjamin-sesko","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1344,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions\/1344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}