Benjamin Šeško (playing for Man United)

[Whitley mag]

Feels like this one is over now. Not sure there’s anyone else out there who the club could pass off as an Isak replacement now.

 

The lad from Porto looks raw and Watkins is surely to old to splash big money on.

 

At this point I think the club has no option but to keep Isak here for another season.

 

[oldtype]

19 minutes ago, relámpago blanco said:

Just shop in different circles. We can still get great players and I'm sure we will

 

Yes, this was the fundamental failure of the window. Then again, we still have a month to fix it and we should have far more freedom of maneuver with lower-tier targets now that the top six appear to have blown through most of their spending.

 

 

Edited July 30, 2025 by oldtype

[Kanj]

1 hour ago, oldtype said:

Worth noting that it's also not typical for every top six club to be spending over a hundred million in a single window. It just so happens that the moment we were finally able to get back onto the market with CL qualification and PSR headroom happened to coincide with a historic spending cycle for the cartel clubs, many of which had urgent need for upgrades due to underachieving/transitional squads, as well as the ability to spend due to being relatively frugal last year.

 

You could call that bad luck, you could also call it a failure to anticipate market conditions when choosing our targets.

 

 

 

 

Yeah I mentioned this yesterday or this morning, cant recall, but totally agree. 

[Wandy]

1 hour ago, BennyBlanco said:

If we think this is bad wait until one of the big 6 lose their manager and come sniffing after Eddie. 
 

We may as well fuck it off if that happens. 
 

If this window has shown us anything it’s that the ladder has well and truly been pulled up and nothing any team below the cartel 6 in terms of revenue will be able to change that now. 
 

Im very very quickly losing all interest in football because teams like us just can’t have a period of sustained success. One good year and your team is absolutely decimated by the big boys and there’s absolutely nothing anyone can do to stop it. The beautiful game my arse - the yanks have fucked it. Fat bastards.

 

Losing Howe would definitely nuke the project, and the scary thing is that it's a distinct possibility to happen in the not too distant future if PIF don't get their act together.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 hour ago, gdm said:

Absolutely. It’s a 4 team league with Man Utd pushing to get back to making it 5 team. This window they 5 have went miles clear. 

Hopefully Man U won’t get it together, maybe Chelsea will also suffer from their ridiculously bloated squad. Wishful thinking but it’s what I’ve got. 

[KingArthur]

Spurs havent really done anything at all. Behind us teams have actually weaker. ManU better but their team still has huge holes in it. 

[Ben]

We need to take Liverpools eyes out for Isak

[Danh1]

So he hasn’t mentioned that we are out of the race or anything.

 

Feel that our chance of having a decent season rests on this deal. 

[The Prophet]

It's similar to what we paid for Isak. It would feel like a much bigger gamble though.

[Kanj]

wrap it up tonight 

[TheBrownBottle]

What the fuck does ‘pursuing’ mean.  It’s not a hunt - you like a player, you make a bid.  That part isn’t rocket science. 

[TheBrownBottle]

2 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

It's similar to what we paid for Isak. It would feel like a much bigger gamble though.

Isak felt like a big gamble to me

[The Prophet]

Also, surely if we're absolutely desperate to do this deal (I'm not sure we are), we just put down the cash and put the ball in his and Man United's court.

[Geordie Ahmed]

I see loads of people saying Sesko has chosen Man-U, which somewhat reliable journalist has said this? Or are people basing it on us having lost out on loads of players already?

[andycap]

Just fuck this off he's not worth it. 

Wants man utd let him have them

The unproven helmet. 😂 

[jack j]

Sure Ornstein never used to tweet stuff like that

Was just confirmed deals at one time

Slimy prick

[Nine]

3 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

It's similar to what we paid for Isak. It would feel like a much bigger gamble though.

Have we forgotten that Isak scored 6 goals in 30+ league games the season before we signed him?

 

Im not advocating signing Sesko, but risk wise I’m not sure there’s much between them. 

[Keegans Export]

4 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

It's similar to what we paid for Isak. It would feel like a much bigger gamble though.

With hindsight, but at the time Isak was a bigger gamble. There's a reason no other big sides challenged us for that deal.

[sushimonster85]

13 minutes ago, Ben said:

We need to take Liverpools eyes out for Isak

 

Honestly think there could be another twist to this. Reckon part of the reason we haven't had the definitive 'Sesko wants Man U' from the likes of Ornstein, Romano, Jacobs etc is because they honestly aren't sure if they can do this without moving someone on. 

 

I do think Sesko/his agent favour Man U, but I'm pretty sure they're scared to commit to that for fear that Man U can't actually do it at the moment.

[JT24]

1 minute ago, jack j said:

Sure Ornstein never used to tweet stuff like that

Was just confirmed deals at one time

Slimy prick

100%, he’s become like everyone else. Fall from grace. 

[HaydnNUFC]

4 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

What the fuck does ‘pursuing’ mean.  It’s not a hunt - you like a player, you make a bid.  That part isn’t rocket science. 

 

 

[OoOGazOoO]

I know I am completely bored and fed up with how the summer's transfer window is unfolding as a Toon fan, but crying out loud, it would be nice to be linked to someone we could perhaps get through the door 🤣🙈

 

We could completely go off-piste & target someone that 90% of the footballing world are also looking at 

[1881]

I think the only reason we are still involved is because they want to push up the price Man U have to pay as high as possible. Surely going there if they meet the minimum requirement.

[Ben]

11 minutes ago, Kanj said:

wrap it up tonight 

 

Our fax is Hamster powered, one night is nowhere near enough 

[TRC]

Just get DCL man