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Man United and Newcastle are going head-to-head for Benjamin Sesko(Image: Getty Images)

Newcastle's bid for RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko has fallen short.

The Magpies offer of £65.5m and more than £4m of add-ons was not enough to convince the Bundesliga side to part ways with Manchester United also interested in the Slovenia star.

Sesko was left out of RB Leipzig's matchday squad for their friendly against Serie A side Atalanta on Saturday amid news of the bid from Newcastle.



The up-front fee offered by the Toon is reported to have met the side's valuation but the overall package has not been deemed acceptable in terms of its total and structure.

The German team are hopeful that Manchester United will soon make an offer having held talks with both player and club.

And the pause in proceedings will have offered little motivation to Liverpool.

The Reds saw their own bid rejected when they made a £110m offer to Newcastle for Alexander Isak.

The Magpies offered little encouragement for the Anfield club to make a return for their star, said to be valued at £150m, but Liverpool's hopes could be rejuvinated should Eddie Howe find a new striker to work with.

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Isak is to return to Newcastle having missed his side's pre-season tour of Asia and spent time training at former club Real Sociedad.

From our perspective, we still support Alex in every way and my wish is that we see him in a Newcastle shirt again.”

Liverpool's first bid for Isak was recently turned down(Image: 2025 Newcastle United)

It is old rivals Manchester United who could yet spoil Liverpool plans too.
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