Transfer news: Baleba & Sesko latest plus Gyokeres plays in Arsenal defeat

'Man Utd held off a bid until they knew Sesko wanted to join'

Simon Stone

BBC Sport chief football news reporter on Football Daily

In order to unravel this Benjamin Sesko situation, we have to go back to Bryan Mbeumo.

Manchester United reached an agreement with Mbeumo and then started negotiating with Brentford, so this seems to be a bit of a negotiating tactic from them.

As far as I'm aware, Manchester United held off putting a bid in for Sesko until they knew he wanted to join the club. Then they put their bid in and there has been some haggling over whether they can reach the numbers that Newcastle have bid.

The impression we are getting from Manchester United is that Sesko wants to go to them.

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