Man Utd legend slams club for selling Hojlund and buying Sesko: "Where's the common sense?"
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Paul Scholes addressed some of the most significant issues the Red Devils are facing in the ongoing season
There are so many issues at Manchester United at the moment, but their transfer strategy seems to be somewhat confusing. The club legend Paul Scholes has questioned it, insisting the club has learned nothing from past mistakes.
The legendary United player was left baffled by the decision to sell Rasmus Hojlund and replace him with Benjamin Sesko, describing the deal as "exactly the same" error made two years ago.
They brought Hojlund from Atalanta in 2023 and scored 26 goals in 95 appearances for the Old Trafford outfit. However, he rediscovered form on loan at Napoli, netting four in his first six games under Antonio Conte.
Sesko, signed from RB Leipzig for £73.7m. Scholes claims he was baffled by both transfers and argued that the club has again gambled on youth without sufficient depth or experience in attack.
"You look at Rasmus Hojlund, 22-year-old kid, came when he was 20 years of age," Scholes said on The Good, The Bad and The Football podcast.
"One centre-forward for Manchester United and everything was on him, the pressure was on him and he couldn't handle it. He should be coming in and out of the team. There should be three or four centre-forwards there.
"This summer, what do they do? They let him go and they buy another one, very similar, exactly the same! 22 years of age. He's started ok, he looks like he's getting better. But where's the common sense in that?"
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Interestingly, Scholes drew comparisons with his own early days at Old Trafford, recalling how Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was eased into the squad when joining from Molde in 1996.
At the time, United already had Eric Cantona, Andy Cole, and would soon add Teddy Sheringham and Dwight Yorke to compete for places.
"It's like Ole 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!"
Talking to Nicky Butt and Paddy McGuinness, Scholes lamented the lack of senior players around today's youngsters, contrasting it to the famed Class of '92 era.
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