{"id":13314,"date":"2026-08-03T05:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T05:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/?p=13314"},"modified":"2026-08-03T05:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T05:53:34","slug":"bayern-munich-retain-interest-in-manchester-united-striker-benjamin-sesko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/03\/bayern-munich-retain-interest-in-manchester-united-striker-benjamin-sesko\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich Retain Interest in Manchester United Striker Benjamin Sesko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Bayern Munich are keeping tabs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/02\/chelsea-prepare-70m-bid-for-bournemouth-midfielder-alex-scott\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Chelsea Prepare \u00a370m Bid for Bournemouth Midfielder Alex Scott\">Manchester United<\/a><\/a> forward Benjamin Sesko as part of their long-term succession strategy for Harry Kane, even as the Red Devils focus their current transfer window priorities on midfield.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to CFBayern Insider\u2019s Christian Falk, the Slovenian international remains under internal evaluation at the German club. While Bayern recently completed a \u00a347 million move for Ismael Saibari and do not treat a new striker as an immediate priority, manager Vincent Kompany is seeking options suited for a potential two-striker system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sesko arrived at Old Trafford last summer in a \u00a374 million transfer and has four years remaining on his contract. His recent absence from pre-season friendlies against Wrexham and Rosenborg stems from an ongoing shin issue rather than transfer movement. The injury previously ruled him out of United\u2019s final three <a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/02\/chelsea-prepare-70m-bid-for-bournemouth-midfielder-alex-scott\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Chelsea Prepare \u00a370m Bid for Bournemouth Midfielder Alex Scott\">Premier League<\/a> matches of last season against Sunderland, Nottingham Forest and Brighton.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142755 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/imago1072435714-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">United\u2019s medical staff have managed his recovery workload, leading to his return to outdoor training last week. The club aims to have him fit for their Premier League opener against Hull City on August 22.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/31\/manchester-united-face-atletico-madrid-in-stockholm-as-pre-season-build-up-continues\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Manchester United Face Atletico Madrid in Stockholm as Pre-Season Build-Up Continues\">Michael Carrick<\/a>, who assumed head coaching duties following Ruben Amorim\u2019s departure, relied on Sesko, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo to stabilize United&#8217;s attack during the campaign. While midfield remains the focal point of United&#8217;s summer business, potential movement elsewhere\u2014including ongoing interest in Joshua Zirkzee\u2014could still alter the squad&#8217;s offensive options alongside Marcus Rashford.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136314 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/imago1065784289-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-news-box\">\n<h3 class=\"related-news-title\">Read also:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_news_list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/03\/leeds-stun-liverpool-with-four-second-half-goals-in-chicago-friendly\/\">Leeds Stun Liverpool with Four Second-Half Goals in Chicago Friendly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/02\/manchester-united-and-aston-villa-target-teun-koopmeiners-as-juventus-sets-25m-price-tag\/\">Manchester United and Aston Villa Target Teun Koopmeiners as Juventus Sets \u00a325m Price Tag<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/02\/tottenham-hotspur-explore-cody-gakpo-move-as-liverpool-hold-firm-stance\/\">Tottenham Hotspur Explore Cody Gakpo Move as Liverpool Hold Firm Stance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich are keeping tabs on Manchester United forward Benjamin Sesko as part of their long-term succession strategy for Harry Kane, even as the Red Devils focus their current transfer window priorities on midfield. According to CFBayern Insider\u2019s Christian Falk, the Slovenian international remains under internal evaluation at the German club. While Bayern recently completed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[335,6120,2551,4246,6121,295,1319,243,15998],"class_list":["post-13314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bayern-munich","tag-benjamin-sesko","tag-harry-kane","tag-ismael-saibari","tag-joshua-zirkzee","tag-manchester-united","tag-michael-carrick","tag-premier-league","tag-vincent-kompany"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13318,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13314\/revisions\/13318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}