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Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt mock Man Utd star after latest injury setback
Sep 22 2026 10:50 · By Tony Mogan · 7 Reads
Scholes and Butt not happy with the situation up top (Picture: The Good, The Bad, and The Football)
Manchester United legends Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt are unconvinced by Benjamin Sesko’s latest injury setback.
Sesko, who joined the club from RB Leipzig for £74million in the summer of 2025, missed the entire pre-season due to a shin problem he initially suffered last season.
The striker picked up the injury after getting a kick to his shin in the spring, aggravating the injury after a heavy landing at Old Trafford in a victory over Liverpool in May.
While he started in the Champions League against Sabah and in the Carabao Cup defeat to Brighton, he was a substitute in United’s opening four games of the season before being left out of the squad completely on Sunday against Fulham.
Sesko did not make the trip down the capital as United scraped a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage with Michael Carrick unable to give a clearer picture on the severity of the issue. The striker will undergo tests this week before the club decide on a treatment plan but his setback serves as another blow in what has been a disastrous start to the season.
United decided against signing another centre forward in the summer with Joshua Zirkzee, who has scored nine goals in 77 appearances, for the club, their only other option. On the latest episode of The Good, The Bad and The Football, former midfielder Butt lamented the decision not to reinforce the front line before focus switched to Sesko’s injury.
Scholes joked Sesko should ‘put his shinpads on’ with Butt insisting you ‘either break your shin or you play.’
Sesko has been dealing with the shin issue since last season (Picture: Getty Images)
‘The back four is a massive problem but for me the biggest problem is the no9. How can Man United have one centre forward? Who is injured, with what, a shin injury?’ Butt said.
Scholes said: ‘How do you injure your shin? Ain’t that a broken leg? Can’t you just put your shinpads on?’
Butt added: ‘You either break your shin, or you play. Put your shinpads on or you padding on, I don’t quite get it. Without knowing what it is, it is hard to discuss it.’