Striker Benjamin Sesko has admitted that one key Manchester United teammate has been supporting him from the very “start” of his life at the Premier League club.
The 22-year-old Slovenia international has had a mixed start to life at Old Trafford, with a knee injury and a sporadic goalscoring form curtailing his debut season.
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Benjamin Sesko has netted seven times and registered one assist in 23 matches across all competitions for Manchester United in the 2025-26 campaign.
The United striker is now playing second fiddle to fellow summer signing Bryan Mbeumo for the lone forward role in the starting XI under Michael Carrick.
Michael Carrick has dropped Sesko to the bench for his first five Premier League matches as interim Man Utd head coach until the end of the 2025-26 season.
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Despite losing his place in the Manchester United starting XI, Benjamin Sesko has played a meaningful and impactful role for the Red Devils in recent weeks.
Sesko climbed off the bench earlier this month and netted the crucial injury-time winner for Man Utd in the 3-2 Premier League result over Fulham at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils summer signing made a second-half cameo in United’s encounter with West Ham on Tuesday and Sesko scored a stunning injury-time equaliser.
Sesko is fighting for his place in the United starting XI under Michael Carrick, all the while trying to live up to his hefty £73.7m price tag from last summer’s transfer.
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The Slovenian striker’s elite mentality has been raved about in the past and Sesko has now revealed that Diogo Dalot has been supporting him behind the scenes.
When asked if there were any Man Utd teammates that he had bonded with the most, Sesko told the Inside Carrington podcast: “Diogo Dalot, from the start, he was really helping me.
“He was really trying to help me in all the ways. Because obviously it’s a different world here.
“And yeah, I’m really grateful that he stood up and he saw he’s younger himself like me, you know.
“So yeah, we are still pushing every day and doing all the work that is possible.”
Diogo Dalot has experienced trials and tribulations at Man Utd in a way that Benjamin Sesko can feed off of
Diogo Dalot, much like Benjamin Sesko, has endured a mixed 2025-26 Premier League season and the 26-year-old faced increasing criticism under Ruben Amorim.
Former United manager Ruben Amorim chose to deploy Dalot as an inverted wing-back and the defender’s full potential was deeply limited in his tactical system.
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Dalot had enjoyed previous high notes at Old Trafford, including winning the Manchester United Players’ Player of the Year award in the 2023-24 season.
Before the Portugal right-back’s success under Erik ten Hag, Dalot fell down the pecking order under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and was loaned out to AC Milan in 2020.
Dalot was able to climb back into the United starting XI after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s sacking and successfully dethroned Aaron Wan-Bissaka from the right-back role.
No matter how United fans might feel about Dalot, the experienced Red Devils player is the perfect person to throw his arm around Sesko for a supporting role.
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