Benjamin Sesko's Erling Haaland snub speaks volumes as Mikel Arteta makes admission

RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko has agelong been compared to erstwhile squad mate Erling Haaland - but helium has delivered his ain instrumentality connected the likeness amid quality of Arsenal's interest

Arsenal transportation people Benjamin Sesko has understandably drawn comparisons with Erling Haaland - but he's anxious to beryllium his ain player.

The Slovenia planetary - who has been powerfully linked with Arsenal pursuing a rash of guardant injuries astatine the Emirates - erstwhile shared a nine with Manchester City marvel Haaland. The attacking duo were ne'er portion of the aforesaid squad during their 2019/20 play unneurotic astatine Red Bull Salzburg, however, arsenic Sesko was farmed retired to Liefering connected loan.

But the RB Leipzig hitman request not person got up adjacent to spot wherefore helium and Haaland are likened to 1 another. That being said, arsenic the imaginable of 6'5" Sesko and Haaland going up against 1 different successful the Premier League becomes progressively plausible, the erstwhile has already sought to region himself from those comparisons.

"It was absorbing to look astatine him due to the fact that he’s the aforesaid tallness and immoderate movements are the same," helium told The Guardian successful 2023. "At this constituent you think, 'I privation to beryllium similar him,' but erstwhile you commencement to play a small spot you privation to beryllium yourself. But it’s truly bully to person learned from him and successful immoderate ways it has helped maine a lot."

Sesko doubled down connected that consciousness of independency and demonstrated his evolved consciousness of self, adding: "I bash not emotion to comparison myself to anyone. I emotion to beryllium myself." His comments not lone amusement his humbleness but besides his thrust to marque a sanction for himself.

The towering 21-year-old is said to person been connected Arsenal's radar for immoderate time, but plans to motion him could beryllium accelerated aft Mikel Arteta mislaid striker Gabriel Jesus for the remainder of this play owed to a genu injury. Bukayo Saka has besides been sidelined pursuing hamstring surgery, and the manager has been candid astir the imaginable of attacking reinforcements, successful particular, being added this month.

"At the infinitesimal we don't person them [a striker]. We are trying, arsenic I said, actively to find the champion imaginable solution," said Arteta. "We volition person to hold and spot what we tin do. Obviously, that is not thing I'm going to sermon here. We person mislaid 2 monolithic players for america successful the beforehand enactment and we request immoderate enactment there."

Just 1 week remains of the wintertime transportation window, and Leipzig whitethorn beryllium progressively hesitant to merchantability their apical scorer the person they get to the January 30 deadline. Sesko has scored 14 goals and contributed 3 assists successful 26 games crossed each competitions this term, including a tally of 5 finishes successful his past 5 Bundesliga appearances.

Those figures aren't arsenic prolific arsenic Haaland's from his days astatine Borussia Dortmund, but it's not hard to spot the similarities successful their approach. It's been reported the subordinate could beryllium disposable for £67million successful the summer, truthful Arsenal would apt request to wage importantly much to onshore the subordinate astatine this signifier of the campaign.

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