Overview
- Recent reports say tests at Carrington have not produced a positive prognosis and Sesko is not expected to play for club or country until the new year.
- The 23-year-old re-aggravated a shin injury that originally forced him off late in the 2025/26 season and kept him out of pre-season before a brief return in August.
- United are continuing bespoke rehabilitation and further scans at their training base and prefer to avoid surgery, though an operation remains a possible option that would extend time out.
- In Sesko’s absence Matheus Cunha has most often led the line and Bruno Fernandes has been trialled as a false nine, with the team’s ongoing poor run of form increasing pressure on manager Michael Carrick and raising the prospect of January reinforcements.
- Shin complaints can hide stress fractures or structural damage that need MRI or specialist review, so the club’s final medical decision will directly determine how long Sesko is sidelined and whether he can return pain-free this season.