MANCHESTER United have agreed a deal worth £73.7m with RB Leipzig to sign Slovenia striker Benjamin Sesko.
The agreement includes a guaranteed payment of £66.3m with the remainder in add-ons.
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Sesko will now complete the formalities, including a medical on Friday, before finalising his move to Old Trafford.
The 22-year-old, who was also wanted by Newcastle, has scored 39 goals in 87 appearances for the German side.
United have already signed forwards Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo this summer for a combined fee of about £130m.
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Those payments have been arranged in a favourable way to allow United to keep spending, while the entirety of Marcus Rashford’s £325,000-a-week salary is being covered by his loan move to Barcelona.
United also received £5m from Chelsea after the Blues pulled out of a deal to sign Jadon Sancho.
And United want a further £50m for Argentina winger Alejandro Garnacho, who is attracting interest from Chelsea and has been told he can leave Old Trafford this summer.
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Their main striker from last season, Rasmus Hojlund, has been made available for sale for £40m after scoring just 14 Premier League goals in two seasons.
Sesko’s decision to move to Old Trafford is a further blow to Newcastle, who missed out on Hugo Ekitike to Liverpool and face seeing their main striker Alexander Isak potentially join him at Anfield.
