Benjamin Sesko injury update: Man United head coach Michael Carrick addresses 'crushing' fitness report

By Matt Law | 29 Oct 2026 15:50, Last updated: 29 Oct 2026 15:52

Manchester United caput manager Michael Carrick has confirmed that Benjamin Sesko is facing a lengthy play connected the sidelines owed to an ongoing shin injury.

Sesko has played six times for Man United this season, scoring twice, but helium has been absent from the team's past six matches successful each competitions.

The Slovenia planetary missed the extremity of the 2025-26 run owed to his shin problem, and helium was besides absent for Man United's full pre-season.

The Athletic reported connected Wednesday that the 23-year-old could beryllium missing until January, arsenic a play of remainder is required to afloat resoluteness the issue.

Carrick has present confirmed that the striker is facing "a play of time" connected the sidelines.

Sesko facing lengthy play retired owed to shin injury

"Yeah, unluckily Ben looks similar he's going to beryllium retired for a play of time," Carrick told reporters during Thursday's property conference.

"We're inactive not wide of precisely however long, but it's going to beryllium for a longer play of time. It was the process, arsenic I said to you before, we had to spell done the process, a spot of a healing process for the wounded to spot however it would respond and what absorption to spell with that.

"Even present we're inactive moving done it. But it's unfortunately, evidently archetypal and foremost, for Ben, for the benignant of play that he's had, and tried to get done it and going done this again.

"And for america to not person him disposable is evidently a blow, but we'll effort and get him backmost arsenic speedy arsenic we can."

Sesko wounded latest: What happens now?

Surgical involution is simply a anticipation should the contented not resoluteness itself, but aesculapian experts are believed to beryllium assured that a play of remainder volition beryllium capable to heal the injury.

Sesko could perchance beryllium disposable for Man United's standout Champions League league signifier fixture against Bayern Munich astatine Old Trafford connected January 20.

However, with nary acceptable timeframe astatine this signifier of proceedings, it volition beryllium a waiting crippled for the Red Devils, arsenic they bid to get their fig 1 guardant backmost connected the tract arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Sesko had a affirmative archetypal play astatine Old Trafford pursuing a power from RB Leipzig, scoring 12 times successful 32 appearances successful each competitions.