It was frustrating watching Manchester United waste countless opportunities in front of goal last season. Whenever the team got in promising situations there was always a sense of inevitability that the move wouldn't end up with the ball in the back of the net.
Ruben Amorim's Reds created 2.2 big chances per game and missed 1.5 of them, per SofaScore. To further explain just how wasteful his troops were, you just need to look at his frontmen, whose main job is to bag goals.
Rasmus Hojlund finished the season with four goals, missed six big chances and finished on a record of 0.1 goals per game. His teammate Joshua Zirkzee perhaps deserves more patience but he too only registered three goals, missed seven big chances and recorded the same goals per game record.
That's how important having a reliable top-scoring forward is and why INEOS have been handed a golden opportunity to deal with the situation.
Man United can win the striker's window by signing Benjamin Sesko
The number of strikers the club have been linked with since the start of the transfer window is likely the same as the amount of times our forwards missed chances last season. That's a great way to describe how recruitment have handled finding a long-term number nine over the years, definitely no hits but constant misses.
That may be about to change though amid speculation growing over a move for RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko. It's claimed by German journalist Christopher Michel on Absolut Fussball that United have "intensified their pursuit of Benjamin Sesko after a move to Arsenal fell through".
If you asked any fan whether they'd take the Slovenian at the start of the window they'd have bitten your arm off. In fact, you could argue Sesko is a better signing than Viktor Gyokeres who Arsenal are closing in on.
While Amorim worked and helped develop Gyokeres into Europe's best goalscorer at Sporting CP, Sesko has a higher ceiling and at 22 years of age can lead the line for the next decade. This is the signing that turns the tide at Old Trafford and the statistics speak for themselves.
What Amorim would be getting from Sesko
Arsenal cooled off their pursuit of Sesko after refusing to meet RB Leipzig's £78m valuation of the Slovenia international, per football.london. This has paved the way for United to come into the equation and lure one of Europe's hottest commodities to Old Trafford at a time of goalscoring need.
Sesko's numbers were impressive last season, posting 13 goals in 33 Bundesliga games, with a record of 0.4 goals per game and still plenty of room to grow. Hojlund's main flaw has been his inability to use his six-foot-three-inch frame effectively.
That hasn't been a problem for Sesko throughout his career, and last season he won 2.1 (57%) of his aerial duels. At six-foot-five-inches he is physically imposing and possesses incredible speed that can frighten defences especially if he lines up in a front three alongside Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo.
Sesko decided to stay at Leipzig last summer despite Premier League interest. His Slovenia coach at the time, Matjaz Ket, said of an apparent £50m valuation (via Gazzetta):
"In Leipzig he grew exponentially, becoming more mature in his game choices. His qualities remain two: physical strength and speed... What I can say with certainty is that whoever gets him gets a bargain."
Amorim wants a number nine who can make instinctive runs and use their pace to be effective on the counter as we saw from Gyokeres during Sporting's 4-1 win over Manchester City last season. That's one of Sesko's main attributes and he takes the team to the next level.
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