SESKO HAS TO STAND UP AT REDS

STRIKER NEEDED MORE THAN EVER WITH AFCON ABSENTEES

- By TYRONE MARSHALL

THERE are certainly similarities between Rasmus Hojlund and Benjamin Sesko.

Two young strikers asked to become the main man at United at a young age, on the back of limited experience and with a hefty price tag weighing them down.

It all proved too much for Hojlund, the Dane, who signed for a fee rising to £72million, had to wait until Boxing Day for his first Premier League goal and only ever delivered in flickers.

By the end of his second season at Old Trafford, it was apparent that United were hunting for a new striker, and Hojlund would be rebuilding elsewhere.

After a window focusing on attacking reinforcements and with several strikers considered, it was Sesko who made the move to Manchester.

He had been watched closely by Arsenal for almost a year, only for the Gunners to sign Viktor Gyokeres, who forced his way into the elite bracket under Ruben Amorim at Sporting.