Gary Neville says the ‘jury is out’ on Manchester United summer signing Benjamin Sesko, who he says ‘looks awkward’ and ‘well off it’.
Sesko has endured an underwhelming start to his Old Trafford career following a £74m move from RB Leipzig last summer.
Ruben Amorim turned to the Slovenia international after missing out on Viktor Gyokeres – who completed a £64m move to Arsenal.
Sesko has scored just two goals in 11 appearances for United and struggled to make an impact in Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest.
Club legend Neville was disappointed by Sesko’s performance against Forest and admitted he was still waiting to ‘see more’ from United’s most expensive summer signing.
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Asked to assess Sesko’s display after the 22-year-old went a fifth game without a goal, Neville told NBC Sports: ‘I’m no further forward with him. The jury is out.
‘He’s well off it compared to the other summer signings that Man United made up front in [Matheus] Cunha and [Bryan] Mbeumo.
‘He looks awkward, he had a couple of really good opportunities in the first half when balls got played over the top and his touch wasn’t quite right.
‘For 80 million pound, you can say he’s young, has a lot of potential and is only just settling in, but you still want to see a bit more.’
Manchester United were seeking a fourth successive win on Saturday and made a superb start as Casemiro broke the deadlock before half-time.
Nottingham Forest are in the relegation zone but came from behind to lead 2-1 through Morgan Gibbs-White and Nicolo Savona, who both scored shortly after the break.
Sean Dyche’s side were ten minutes away from a huge victory when Amad Diallo scored a superb equaliser to earn the visitors a point.
The result leaves Manchester United seventh in the Premier League while Forest remain 17th, now four points from safety.
Speaking after the stalemate, Red Devils boss Amorim said: ‘If I think about game, we lost control for five minutes.
‘I feel in the recent past if we had had this situation, going from 1-0 up to 2-1 down, we would’ve struggled so much more than we did today.
‘My feeling is that we played well but we dropped a little bit of energy. When we are full of energy, we are the better team.
‘My players are giving everything but we have the potential to do better and sometimes we have these moments.
‘In the end, we lost two points and we need to get three points in the next game.’
Manchester United face Tottenham next weekend, while Nottingham Forest return to Premier League action against Leeds United.
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