TA: Manchester United originally wanted to sign Drapp, but during the US trip, they decided to buy Sesco & for 7 years

According to the report, Manchester United originally wanted to sign Drapp and decided to buy Sesco during their trip to the United States.

After missing Drapp, Manchester United's signing focus is more on the two front midfielders in Amorin's 3-4-2-1 system, rather than the center position. After signing Cunha, the club introduced Mbemo from Brentford.

When the long negotiations with Brentford about Mbemo were coming to an end, Manchester United CEO Berrada and football director Wilcox were invited by Sir Ratcliff to fish in Iceland. People familiar with the matter revealed that the itinerary played a key role in clarifying the remaining time of the transfer window.

During the US preseason, Amorin, Bellada and Wilcox held multiple talks at Manchester United training base and the Waldorf Assault Hotel in Chicago, and finally determined that Sesco became the number one target for the center position. During the second week of the trip, Joel Glazer and Afram Glazer also stayed in the same hotel at the same time. According to the club's practice of major transfers, although they did not participate in the core decision, they still approved the signing plan. In fact, the decision to chase Sesco before the two bosses arrived had already been decided.

Cesco is always the top candidate in Manchester United's new center shortlist. If he misses Yorkress and Ekitic, the Red Devils will turn to Aston Villa's Watkins or Chelsea's Jackson. Although Villa has long told Manchester United that its striker is not a seller, some people still believe that there is still room for operation under the appropriate offer.

But Sesco has always been a priority for Manchester United, and the personal influence of the signing director Christopher Vivier is obvious in this deal, and it was he who first discovered the player from the youth training system of Slovenia's top league clubs.

When Sesco joined Salzburg Red Bull from Domzale in 2018, Vivier was the team's signing director. He successfully defeated contenders including Manchester United at the time and signed the 16-year-old star. When Manchester United rekindled their interest four years later, Sesco chose to reunite with Viver, who was then the technical director of RB Leipzig.

While Vivier is pushing the transfer hard, he does not need to elaborate on the Slovenian international's ability to Bellada, Wilcox or Amorin. In the early stages of Inex's first summer window after taking over, Sescoben was the primary target of Manchester United's forward signings, but later the focus turned to Zilkize.

Before Hoylen joined in the summer of 2023, Manchester United also visited Cesco, but the progress was limited. In any case, the seven-year tracking and investigation of Sesco means that they have a large amount of data and scout reports about the 22-year-old striker, providing a sufficient basis for the restart of the pursuit.

source:7m cn vn