Benjamin Sesko's Man Utd shirt number confirmed as fellow new signing forced to hand over jersey to £74m striker

United have confirmed Sesko will wear the No.30 shirt following his arrival from RB Leipzig. The 22-year-old has donned the shirt previously for Salzburg and Leipzig and will do so again at Old Trafford, though that choice has forced fellow new signing Diego Leon to switch to the No.35 jersey.

Not many prominent United players have taken the No.30 shirt in recent years. Prior to Leon's initial decision to wear it, the number was last filled by reserve goalkeeper Nathan Bishop, who left the club in 2023. Previously, the shirt had been worn by Matteo Darmian, Guillermo Varela and Ritchie De Laet.

It's hardly an illustrious list of No.30 wearers for United, but Sesko is still under pressure to deliver quickly, albeit for different reasons. The Red Devils have forked out a massive £74 million ($100m/€85.6m) for the Slovenia international, who scored 21 goals in all competitions for Leipzig last season.

Sesko has just under a week to work himself into manager Ruben Amorim's starting XI for United's Premier League opener against Arsenal on Sunday. The 22-year-old could line up in attack alongside fellow big money arrivals Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha following a summer of heavy investment from Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS.