Danny Simpson believes Benjamin Sesko needs an experienced striker to help mentor him – and the former Manchester United defender has the perfect candidate.
United signed Sesko from RB Leipzig for £74million as they sought to refresh their attacking options, having scored only 44 goals in the Premier League last season.
The Slovenian international has taken time to adjust to his new surroundings, but he did score in back-to-back games prior to the international break.
However, having let Rasmus Hojlund depart for Napoli, United have essentially pinned their hopes on Sesko being their answer up front, with fellow summer signings Bryan Mbuemo and Matheus Cunha not natural strikers and Joshua Zirkzee seemingly out of favour under Amorim.
Paul Scholes recently blasted United’s decision to rely solely on Sesko, joking: ‘It’s like Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer) coming over to us when he was 22 and we had no other centre-forward and he was the one playing every week. You’d kill him!’
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And former United full-back Simpson also believes that the decision to do without a senior, experienced striker may well have to be addressed in upcoming transfer windows.
‘When you look at Sesko, I think having an experienced striker with him would be good for him,’ Simpson told Metro via MyBettingSites.com. ‘Then sometimes you can bring him out of the firing line.
‘I do believe they should have two strikers, it just depends whether one’s a bit more senior, just to give him that mentoring role. That’s something I would definitely look at.’
And Simpson believes that England international Ivan Toney could fit the bill if the former Brentford striker is looking to return to the Premier League.
Toney has scored an impressive 26 goals in 34 Saudi Pro League games for Al-Ahli, but has seen his World Cup hopes fade since his £40m move, having only featured in one of Thomas Tuchel’s squads since the German’s arrival.
‘He’s obviously got the temperament and he knows the league,’ Simpson said of the 29-year-old.
‘I actually think as well, because he’s been out in Saudi Arabia, he would actually now come back to maybe play a different role where you are a rotation option.
‘You’re going to get a lot of games, but you might start, you might come off the bench. So I think that’s something, if I were him, you can’t turn that down.
‘Coming to the club like Man United and playing a different kind of role, because you’ve been in Saudi Arabia – that might give him a chance to get with England in the summer, because we’re still short of various strikers.
‘So yeah, something might brew there. I do know Ivan – I’ve not spoken to him about it, but I just think that’s a great option.’
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