United’s use of £65m star “doesn’t make any sense at all”, says Paul Parker – Exclusive

Iconic Manchester United full-back Paul Parker says Benjamin Sesko is not getting the service he needs to be productive at the club. In an exclusive interview with The Peoples Person speaking on behalf of Spreadex Sports, we asked Parker whether he thinks Sesko has what it takes to be the leading striker for a club challenging for the Premier League. “Well, I’m hoping that he gets a bit of a run and there’s some kind of sequence of events that will allow … players [to] understand what his strengths are, where he’s come from,” the former England man said. United are not playing to Sesko’s strengths Parker opined that Sesko cut his teeth in the Bundesliga, where a more classic form of attacking football is the norm. “German football is just about high lines and early balls,” he said. “English football is not that way. But every time you see him sitting on the last man, you know he is going to make a move or he’s going to make movement. You hit the ball into that area of space for him to get onto it. Manchester United are still not doing it.” Parker went on to say the issue at United of not feeding the striker pre-dates the arrival of the Slovenian. “They had it with [Rasmus] Hojlund as well, not hitting him,” he noted. “Hojlund’s not as agile, not as quick, not as athletic. But it’s still similar circumstances.” “They’re not playing to [Sesko’s] strengths, so it doesn’t make any sense at all why they keep using him if they’re not going to utilise him. There’s something there. There’s definitely a talent there.” “I like him and I want him to do well. Because you can still go out and get another centre forward, and you’re still going to have the same problem if you don’t share the ball.” Problem with the personnel We asked the double Premier League winner if the problem at United is that there aren’t many natural wingers in the United side. “No, what they are is people who are inverted, who run in, score great goals,” he said. “But when all of a sudden they have a bad patch, they don’t score, and no one else really scores because you’re not doing anything different.” “United’s strength has always had players who go wide. I like Amad, but Amad is not one of those who’s going to cross the ball. There’s no crossers of the ball. So really what you’re looking for then is your full-backs.” Parker went on to discuss United’s current crop of full-backs and whether United will strengthen in that area in the summer. Read that part of the interview here on The Peoples Person shortly. Featured image Carl Recine via Getty Images The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Red Billy Red Billy is the managing editor of The Peoples Person, author of three books and two magazines and totally obsessed with football’s transfer market. Billy first saw United live in 1971, watching George Best, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law, before becoming a League Match ticket book holder from 1975/76 and a writer since 1995. Billy still insists Matteo Darmian and Alex Telles could have made it at United given half a chance.