Benjamin Šeško Scout Report At FC Liefering 2020/2021: The Next RB Salzburg Striker Off The Haaland-Inspired Production Line – Player Analysis

Earlier this week, we received confirmation of a transfer that many had been expecting for some time as Leicester City announced the signing of the 22-year-old Zambian forward Patson Daka from Red Bull Salzburg.

The reported fee is approximately £22M, but even then, you might expect Salzburg to be more upset at losing a player who played 3,476 minutes last season and averaged 1.11 goals per 90 minutes.

Instead, the Austrian side accepts that this is all part of the project, as players develop and excel in the Austrian Bundesliga before moving on and generating a more than healthy profit for the club.

Indeed, the sale of Daka opens up first-team minutes for another player to come through their development pipeline.

While Sekou Koita, Mergim Berisha and Karim Adeyemi will all expect to gain more exposure in the 2020/21 season, the sale of Daka may speed up the integration of a young striker who could well eclipse what Daka has achieved in Salzburg.

That player is the 18-year-old Slovenian forward Benjamin Šeško.

Šeško is already firmly established within the Red Bull development network, having moved to Austria from the Slovenian side of NK Domžale in 2019.

He was immediately loaned to the second-tier side FC Liefering.

Liefering have an established partnership with RB Salzburg, providing a regular home for some of the Austrian Bundesliga sides most promising talent.

While not being eligible for promotion to the Austrian top-flight as a result of this partnership, they do enjoy a steady flow of talented young players.

Likely, we will now see Šeško moved to the RB Salzburg squad for the start of the 2020/21 season but what kind of player is he?

Well, first of all, it is clear to see why there have been so many comparisons made to Erling Haaland.

Benjamin Sesko stands at 194cm | 643 and he has a broad and powerful build.

Like Haaland, however, the Slovenian youngster possesses significant pace with the ability to make timed runs behind the oppositions defensive line.

His pace allows him to create significant separation when moving on to through balls in these areas.

Benjamin also possesses the ability to score a wide variety of goals, finishing with his left or right foot (he is predominantly right-footed) or with his head.

The 18-year-old has scored tap-ins at the far post and angled drives from outside the area.

In short, the talented FC Liefering striker profiles as a goalscorer.

Benjamin Sesko Data Profile

The raw data behind Benjamin Seskos performance this season is impressive.

With 0.85 non-penalty goals per 90 from an xG of 0.64 with 5.57 touches in the opposition area per 90 and 3.37 shots per 90, these numbers show that Šeško is an attacking monster, and there is more than a bit of truth in that.

More than just a battering