'SESKO'S STRUGGLE IS NORMAL'

AMORIM ON HOW NEW FORWARD IS AT 'HARDEST CLUB'

- By STEVEN RAILSTON

RUBEN Amorim believes United striker Benjamin Sesko has 'struggled a little bit' since joining the club.

United signed Sesko for €76.5million (£66.4m) and €8.5m (£7.3m) in add-ons in the summer.

The 22-year-old started on the bench for the opening three Premier League games of the season. He made his debut against City in September and notched his first goal against Brentford.

Sesko built on that by scoring against Sunderland to secure a 2-0 victory last month, however, he was benched against Liverpool at Anfield and failed to fire in the next two matches.

The Slovenia international scuffed two chances against Nottingham Forest last weekend.

United legend Gary Neville reacted by saying: "He's miles off it compared to the other forwards United brought in." Amroim was asked whether he is relaxed about Sesko's start in Manchester.

"Yes, I'm relaxed. He's not relaxed," he said. "What I mean is that I understand how things are in football and he's going to struggle.

"That is normal. He has no experience here. And then the first impact when everyone says that you are so good, you are the next big thing and you hear about that with Sesko and then you come to one club that is the hardest club.

"If you don't perform every week, you are going to hear a lot of things from club legends, from pundits, from the media and sometimes they are right.