MU has gained the fourth signature this summer, Benjamin Sesko and the Slovenian player will be given his favorite shirt after joining from RB Leipzig for £ 74 million.
According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, “Sesko will wear the number 30 shirt at MU” after completing the blockbuster transfer with the Old Trafford team, making him the fourth most expensive player in the history of the Manchester Club.
Sesko is MU's fourth rookie this summer, after Matheus Cunha for £ 62.5 million and Bryan Mbeumo for about £ 71 million. Young left -back Diego Leon also joined the team for £ 7 million and it was the Paraguayan player who facilitated his new team to receive his favorite shirt.
The rookie Leon was originally awarded the number 30 in the pre -season period, but now he will switch to the number 35.
Sesko now has two training sessions with new teammates at MU to prepare for the great battle against Arsenal in the opening round of the Premier League. At the end of the training on Monday, the Slovenian -tall striker revealed his idol as a former MU star, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
“He is my model since I was young. I have watched him, like every youtube videos I can find, because he is really great for me,” Sesko said.
“It can be said that we don't have the same personality. But I like to watch him play, the way he enjoys football, because that's the time when the joy of rising. If you love football, everything will be fine. And I think this is the most important thing.
Perhaps it is also one of the things that makes me admire him so much, do you understand what I mean? So if one day he met him, it would be great. He is my idol, “the Slovenian striker added.