这位22岁的斯洛文尼亚国脚以最高可达8500万欧元的转会费加盟曼联,并与俱乐部签约至2030年。
周六对阵佛罗伦萨的友谊赛前,塞斯科在老特拉福德球场亮相。当他走上球场与马特乌斯·库尼亚、布莱恩·姆贝乌莫和迭戈·莱昂一起站到中圈时,全场观众爆发出最热烈的欢呼声。
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"他具备我们所需要的特质,"曼联主教练鲁本·阿莫林在开球前告诉MUTV。"他非常年轻,头球能力出色,跑位灵活,控球技术也很好,我认为他潜力巨大。我相信他还能进步很多。"
"毫无疑问,他会很快适应我们的俱乐部。他在这个团队里是个合适的人选,所以我们真的很高兴能签下他。"

曼联如何赢得争夺塞斯科的胜利
曼联并未隐瞒,塞斯科并不是他们今夏的首选目标。阿莫林及其团队迅速确定了对新前锋的需求,但利亚姆·德拉普才是他们的首要人选。
由于德拉普拥有3000万英镑的解约金条款,这使他成为极具吸引力的目标。曼联与他的经纪人进行了建设性的面对面会谈,并就交易框架达成一致。德拉普所在的伊普斯维奇俱乐部也被告知,如果这名22岁球员选择老特拉福德,俱乐部将支付解约金。
然而,最终德拉普选择了切尔西。
在对于戈·埃基泰克(加盟利物浦)和维克托·杰凯雷斯(加盟阿森纳)的兴趣落空后,曼联将注意力转向塞斯科和奥利·沃特金斯。
沃特金斯(29岁)与库尼亚和姆贝乌莫一样,拥有英超联赛经验。但塞斯科更年轻,潜力更大。
一旦确定塞斯科是更好的选择,曼联便开始与纽卡斯尔联竞争他的签名。
纽卡斯尔联的策略是先与RB莱比锡达成协议,然后希望来自德国俱乐部的压力能让塞斯科前往圣詹姆斯公园。
与此同时,曼联选择了不同的方法。首先,他们卖掉了阿莫林计划中的球员,并与塞斯科达成了个人条款。一旦RB莱比锡得知他只想加盟曼联,两家俱乐部之间的谈判迅速展开。纽卡斯尔联准备出价击败曼联,但一旦塞斯科下定决心,这一切都无关紧要。
曼联向本杰明·塞斯科介绍他在老特拉福德球场亮相前的情况。
"他想要曼联,"一位接近塞斯科的消息人士告诉ESPN。"曼联从他还在RB萨尔茨堡效力时就开始关注他了。每次转会窗口他都在与曼联进行沟通。现在时机成熟了。"
这笔交易的大部分工作在一天内完成,这种情况很少见。没有出现最后一刻要求增加转会费的情况——这种情况在曼联的新援身上经常发生——而且谈判相对迅速地结束了。曼联工作人员还对塞斯科独自一人来到卡灵顿训练基地感到印象深刻,没有随行人员陪同。只有塞斯科本人和一名经纪人到场,负责处理最后的细节。
这笔交易酝酿已久。早在塞斯科十几岁时,他就进入了曼联的考察名单。俱乐部高层在2023年与他的经纪人会面(当时他刚从萨尔茨堡转会到莱比锡),但离开的感觉是,留在红牛体系内的决定已经做出。
曼联认为塞斯科的经纪人(几乎在同一时间也与几乎所有其他大俱乐部进行了接触)正在寻找一个跳板,然后再转投欧洲顶级联赛之一。RB莱比锡提供了这样的机会,而且知道他只会待上几年,因此能够提供更有利的合同。塞斯科的计划奏效了,在德国效力两年后,他成功登陆了英超联赛。
吸引曼联的原因,以及他十几岁时的想法,现在仍然成立。
他被认为是一位前途光明的球员,拥有出色的身体素质。他的速度和身高应该使他非常适合英格兰足球,而阿莫林相信自己有能力进一步发展他的其他方面,让这笔8500万欧元的交易在未来几年看起来像是一笔划算的买卖。-- 罗布·道森
沙卡·希尔斯波罗和克雷格·伯利讨论了曼联在季前赛中的积极表现是否能改变他们对即将到来的英超赛季的看法。
塞斯科的优势:他的特点
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