The 22-year-old striker will join on a five-year deal ‘The perfect place to fulfil all of my ambitions’ Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Benjamin Sesko in a €76.5m (£66m) deal with RB Leipzig. The striker will join on a five-year deal and become Ruben Amorim’s fourth major signing of the summer. Sesko passed his medical at Old Trafford on Saturday morning and was set to be unveiled as a new United player at the lunchtime before the pre-season friendly against Fiorentina. Continue reading...

Today’s whispers are being squeezed out The question of who will lead the Manchester United forward line remains uncertain. Ruben Amorim has been blunt in his assessment of Rasmus Højlund, despite the player’s desire to stay. United could offer the striker to RB Leipzig and plan a separate deal for the Bundesliga club’s Benjamin Sesko, who would cost at least £55m. All aboard the merry-go-round. Jadon Sancho could be on his way back to Borussia Dortmund, where he spent the second half of the 2023-24 season on loan. The 25-year-old winger clearly enjoyed his second spell with the club and is said to be pushing for a permanent move after being left out of United’s pre-season tour. The Englishman, who joined United in a £73m deal from Dortmund in 2021, has reportedly agreed to a 50% pay cut to make the move happen. Chelsea are reportedly preparing a bid for another outcast, Alejandro Garnacho, before the transfer window closes. Continue reading...

Tottenham are looking to bring Joao Palhinha back to the Premier League from Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig show interest in Rasmus Hojlund, while Jadon Sancho is ready to take a pay cut in order to leave Manchester United, plus more.

Dane scored in 4-1 win over Bournemouth United linked with move for Benjamin Sesko Striker Rasmus Højlund impressed Ruben Amorim with a timely goal in a 4-1 win over Bournemouth but the Manchester United head coach did not offer the 22-year-old any reassurance over his future. Højlund has struggled since his £72million move from Atalanta two years ago but on the day reports claimed United had made their first move for RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko, the Denmark international responded with the opener in Chicago. Patrick Dorgu and Amad Diallo extended their lead before 19-year-old academy graduate Ethan Williams scored his first senior goal two minutes after coming on as a 70th-minute substitute. “I’m really happy with Rasmus, but I don’t know what is going to happen until the end of the market,” Amorim told reporters at a press conference. “The important thing is that Rasmus is scoring goals. He’s connecting really well with the team. He’s improving. Again, I don’t know what is going to happen until the market is closed. We suffered a lot because of the lack of goals last season.” Matheus Cunha did not play due to fatigue while fellow new signing Bryan Mbeumo is scheduled to make his first appearance against Everton in Atlanta on Sunday. Harry Maguire was replaced by Matthijs de Ligt, who scored an 88th-minute own goal, at half-time as United continue to treat the centre-back with caution. “He had an issue during the holidays, during training. He’s a little bit late (in his training schedule) so we have to be careful with him,” Amorim added. “It’s just a little bit fatigue with the training so we are trying to control everything and saving all the players, to give the exact minutes they need.” Left-back Dorgu, who joined for £25m from Lecce in February, provided the assist for Hojlund before getting on the scoresheet himself and he was another player who caught Amorim’s eye. “He looks more and more like he belongs in Manchester United, and that is hard to do it at 20 years old so I’m really impressed with Patrick,” added the United boss, who was equally happy with Williams’ goal. “I celebrate that goal. It’s not usual, even during the season, but I celebrate that goal because I really like to see the kids that work really well.” Amorim believes the work done in pre-season, something he was not able to do having arrived in November, is paying dividends. “I’m really happy with the players that we had last season. They are improving. We look like a different team today. Let’s continue with that,” he said. “But again, it’s a pre-season game. The pressure is going to be so much different during the season. It’s important for them to understand that the same players can play a different game.” Continue reading...

Newcastle are exploring a move for RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko in case Alexander Isak departs this summer.

Jobe Bellingham believed to have spoken with Frankfurt Former Black Cat Jordan Henderson likely to leave Ajax The Sunderland owner, Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, is determined to keep Jobe Bellingham after the club’s promotion to the Premier League despite growing interest from Germany in the England Under-21 midfielder. Sunderland are also considering an attempt to re-sign Jordan Henderson 14 years after he was sold to Liverpool for £20m. The 34-year-old England midfielder was at Wembley to watch the playoff final victory and is expected to be allowed to leave Ajax this summer. Bellingham is believed to have held talks with Eintracht Frankfurt this week before heading to Ibiza to meet his brother Jude for a holiday. Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig are also interested in the 19-year-old, who scored four goals in 42 appearances in the Championship this season. Continue reading...

Bayern sink Mainz 3-0 but Leverkusen beat Augsburg 2-0Kane booked so suspended for Bayern’s likely clincher Bayern Munich eased past Mainz 3-0 but had to put title celebrations on ice after Bayer Leverkusen matched their win to stay eight points behind with three matches left. The Bavarian club, top on 75 points ahead of Leverkusen in second with 67, can now secure a 34th German league title with a win at RB Leipzig next week. But Harry Kane will miss next week’s game after picking up his fifth booking and a suspension. Continue reading...

Man Utd and Liverpool have learned how much they must pay RB Leipzig for Xavi Simons this summer.

Liverpool are set to holds talks about the futures of Luis Diaz, Ibrahima Konate and Diogo Jota, Liverpool and Manchester United keen on RB Leipzig winger Xavi Simons, Moise Kean could stay at Fiorentina despite interest from Premier League clubs, plus more.

RB Leipzig make a drastic change to the price tag of RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko, wanted by Arsenal, Chelsea and Man Utd.

Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo is linked with a move to Saudi Arabia, Newcastle's Sandro Tonali is wanted by Juventus, while Arsenal are told how much RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko will cost.

Manager’s fate was sealed by former club Gladbach as Red Bull hierarchy act to rescue season with top-four finish It was fitting that it happened here, and how Marco Rose himself must have felt the inevitable creep of irony as the afternoon went on, and as the end result trundled into view in Mönchengladbach. He had plenty of time to acquaint himself with the possibility during a second half in which RB Leipzig rarely looked like scoring. If the game was still going on now, their vaunted collection of attacking players might still be looking for the breakthrough. There had been a handful of other occasions during the season when Rose must have suspected he would become what he is now: the ex-coach of RB Leipzig. “We believed in our cooperation with Marco and his team for a very long time,” the club’s managing director for sport, Marcel Schäfer said. “We tried everything until the very end to turn things around together.” Continue reading...

RB Leipzig sack head coach Marco Rose three days before their German Cup semi-final against Stuttgart.

Leipzig sixth in table after early Champions League exitClub thought to be interested in Palace’s Oliver Glasner RB Leipzig have confirmed the sacking of manager Marco Rose amid a disappointing season in the Bundesliga and in Europe. “Marco Rose has been relieved of his duties as RB Leipzig head coach with immediate effect,” said a club statement. “The club will announce who will take over the head coach role on an interim basis in due course.” Continue reading...