TA: When she negotiated with Arsenal, the team said that she did not want to go to a team without European competition.

Hupu August 10th TheAthleticUK Manchester United team wrote an op-ed article to decipher Sheshko's transfer.

Just a few weeks ago, some Manchester United heavyweights still felt that signing Benjamin Sheshko this summer was not particularly wise. RB Leipzig's asking price is high, which may be too high for a player with a mediocre goal record in the Bundesliga.

You may say that this feeling is mutual. In negotiations with Arsenal, some people familiar with the matter — like others interviewed by TheAthletic, chose to be anonymous in order to protect the relationship — said Sheshko at the time he thought he shouldn't join a club without European war experience.

However, the efforts made by Arsenal to sign Sheshko over the years were finally wiped out, as their attention gradually turned to Dzekelish after Andrea Berta was appointed as sporting director.

In North London, they were also eventually deterred by the financial burden of any transaction and the challenges of negotiating with the representatives of Cesco. After Arsenal was eliminated, Manchester United pointed out that it was the only club actively seeking transfers.

Manchester United initially focused their energy on other aspects, first of all, Liam Drapp. After Chelsea were allowed to trigger Drapp's £30m termination clause, they began to consider Djokelish Ekitic instead of the player who scored 13 goals in 33 Bundesliga games last season.

At the time, even Newcastle United were looking for other goals because they felt that there was no way to reach an agreement financially.

Scheshko told teammates during the post-season trip to Red Bull Leipzig that he will leave this summer. His team reached an agreement with Leipzig executives to allow him to leave, provided that the team agreed to provide the club with a "special" offer of 80 million to 90 million euros.

As the protracted negotiations with Brentford on Mbeumo were coming to an end, CEO Omar Berrada and football director Jason Wilcox took part in a fishing trip to Iceland at the invitation of Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

According to people familiar with the matter, the trip is crucial to their finalizing the transfer strategy for the remaining weeks of the transfer window.

Amolin, Bellada and Wilcox held further talks at Manchester United training base and the Waldorf Astoria Chicago, and Sescheshco became their priority.

Joel Glazer and Afram Glazer also checked in the same hotel at the same time during the second week of the trip. According to the practice of major transfers, they agreed to the plan, although they were not key figures in the decision-making process, so Manchester United had decided to sign him before they arrived.

Sheshko has always been regarded as the most anticipated candidate for Manchester United's new center. If they missed him like they did with Dzekelish and Ekitic, then their attention would turn to Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins and Chelsea's Nicholas Jackson.

Villa had long told Manchester United that their striker was not a seller, although some people still believe that he could be signed as long as the price is right.

However, Sheshko is their first choice. The influence of signing director Christopher Wavell is obvious, who was initially poached from the youth training team of Slovenia's top league club.

Welvere strongly advocated the transfer, but he did not need to convince Bellada, Wilcox or Amorin to believe the Slovenian international's ability. In the early stages of Ineos' first summer transfer window, Sheshko was Manchester United's top striker target, but the focus later shifted to Zilkize.

Manchester United also considered Sheshko before Rasmus Hoylen joined in the summer of 2023, but ultimately did not make any progress.

Anyway, Manchester United's comprehensive expedition of Sheshko can be traced back to seven years, meaning they have mastered a lot of data and scout reports about the 22-year-old, providing strong data support for the re-chasing of Sheshko.