Benjamin Sesko remains firmly on Arsenal’s radar, as the club continues to assess its attacking options ahead of the summer transfer window. The Gunners were strongly linked with the Slovenian striker towards the end of last season and even made an approach to bring him to the Emirates Stadium.
At the time, Arsenal hoped to secure his services before Euro 2024, recognising his immense potential and viewing him as one of the most promising young forwards in world football. However, Sesko opted to remain at RB Leipzig for another season, choosing stability and further development over an early move.
That decision appears to have been the right one, as the 21-year-old has enjoyed a breakthrough campaign in Germany. With 20 goals across all competitions, Sesko has significantly enhanced his reputation and market value. He is expected to add to that tally before the current season concludes, further increasing interest in his signature.
According to The Sun, RB Leipzig now value the striker at approximately £86 million—a substantial increase compared to last summer. While this figure might not be entirely out of reach for Arsenal, it does place Sesko in the same bracket as more established strikers such as Victor Osimhen and Viktor Gyökeres, both of whom are also under consideration at the Emirates.
This presents a dilemma for Mikel Arteta’s side: pursue a high-potential player like Sesko who may require time to adapt to the Premier League, or invest in a more experienced and proven goalscorer capable of delivering immediate results.
There is no doubt that Sesko is a forward of immense promise. His physical attributes, composure in front of goal, and room for development make him an appealing long-term investment. However, Arsenal must weigh that potential against their current ambitions, particularly if they aim to challenge for top honours domestically and in Europe.
As the summer window approaches, Arsenal will continue to monitor Sesko’s situation, but with a rising price tag, they may be forced to re-evaluate whether the deal represents good value or shift focus to other targets better aligned with their short-term goals.
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This story has legs, Benjamin Sesko is a player that fits Arsenal profile perfectly, I sanction any deal to take the Slovenian international to the capital.
@Gunsmoke: At the indicated price?
The price for what the player he is is an outright turn off. They’re no good with joking
He’s young technical and sport a very high ceiling, now am not sure if that’s the correct price touted but if he fits the bill we must sign him and move on.
But these are the complex deals I was told Berta is expected to wrap up.
Our future signings has to be some forms of game changer
1) Striker- A young attack bully
2) Top winger to rotate with Martineli
3) Two Midfielders one should be creative
4) A goal keeper
This has to be the plan going into the summer, as I understand it a war chest to the tune of some £300 mil should be available.
But the club is in a good place, I was further made to understand over £612 mill was made after the last campaign, by the looks of things, this could be a bumper season
Tyndale we can’t afford to sit on our laurels
Have you watched Sesko?
He’s no attack bully
I’d hesitate paying £8.6m for him. Watched him quite a bit and imo he’s a poor mans Havertz.
That’s a nonsensical fee. You must have watched someone else. He’s better than Havertz
Really ? When The Arsenal don’t play at 15:00 on a Saturday I watch the Bundesliga. For a while I’ve watched Leipzig to see how Sesko plays. On Saturday I watched the Leipzig Vs Kiel game, and it was like watching an English division 1 game. Sesko played the full game and all he did was score a penalty. We need someone better than him.
Admin, twice I’ve replied to Stephanie and twice my reply hasn’t come up. Any reason for that ?
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Fits into Arteta’s system, fits the age profile, and all indications point to him continuing to improve.
Overrated .
Rather go for Johnathon David on a free .
Agreed.
Semenyo
Baleba
Zubamendi
J David
Done !
Or promote Skelly to midfield
Rice / Skelly
Baleba / Merino
Odegard / Ethan
Saka / Martinelli
Semenyo cover for both wings
Plus Trossard
Up top –
Havertz David
Rest of team id say is more than ok ..
So if I’m correct, they want €100m for a 21 year old who has scored 20 goals in all competitions.
I’d rather we continue with Havertz and I’m not joking.
He’s got 12 goals in 29 Bundesliga appearances, 4 in their equivalent of the FA Cup and 8 in the CL. As I posted further up, he’s a poor mans Havertz. His team play is nowhere near that of Havertz.
The way teams are quoting €100m for just any player these days is really annoying. Jamie Gittens, Tyler Drinking, some unknown striker in Portuguese league whose name I don’t care to Google and now Sesko, whose stats are same with Havertz. Sesko isn’t even in my personal top 5 striker preference
Tyler Dibling…damn spell check
So many top strikers available on the market; add Ollie Watkins to the list. But there are only a few top clubs – Arsenal included – who will be able to afford them. Happy days at last!
Could we just do a TWO for ONE: two world class strikers for less than 100M. Or just Viktor Gyokeres and Victor Osimhen.
Sometimes I wonder how someone would crave for Sesko over Gyokeres… How can anyone even mention she prefers Jonathan David from Lille over Gyokeres. For God’s sake this guy is fearless, strong, fast, I even can’t begin to mention his scoring accuracy and form. Get us Gyokeres or Oshimhen and watch us dominate the league.
TBF the rumour I’ve read is we want Gyokeres and he wants us .
Personally I would go for Oshimhen but do t think he suits the profile and we all know Arteta cannot stand a player with a bigger ego than his own .
He’s playing in Portugal not the prem .
Different gravy .
Remember Pepe , was a world beater till arrived.
No guarantee it works.
David to rotate with Havertz is a no brainer .
Arteta won’t drop Havertz he loves him .
Gyokeres also played in the ECL, though, and did well at that level too (and David plays in the French league, which isn’t very different from the Portuguese league?).
That said, I do agree David is a no brainer because of his contract situation, but that will also increase the competition and makes it less likely we’d get him imo. As he can play on the wing, it would make sense to try for David and another CF, I think.
We need a good finisher and not a makeshift striker, playing in Portugal means absolutely nothing cause he’s built strong and can cope with the physicality of EPL.
Sesko looks great in clips, but I’ve found him to be underwhelming on the few occasions I’ve seen him in a full match. Might be my being unlucky (I think I’ve only seen him in internationals, where I suppose his team is often going to be the underdog), but from what I have seen 86m is crazy. For that kind of money, I’d want someone who can stand out at any level and impose himself on the game – he doesn’t look like that level of player to me.
They should instead go for Liam Delap of Ipswich. He’s epl proven and better all round player than Zesko. If it’s this quoted fee, then Delap All the way. Better goal ratio from open play than Zesko, yet, less than 40m release clause
I agree with you, I like Delap.
Has a bright future and has proven himself.
Not sure about Delap. I remember Evan Ferguson when he burst on the scene at Brighton, big things were expected of him. Turned out to be a one season wonder. I’ve got a feeling the same may well apply to Delap.
Gyokeres is the answer
There’s no doubt he has the potential.
However, paying that amount for “potential”, doesn’t sit well with me.