Could Sesko step into Isak's boots?published at 17:38 25 July
Jordan Butler
BBC Sport journalist

Newcastle are exploring a move for RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko in case Alexander Isak leaves this summer - as BBC Sport's Sami Mokbel reports – but is he the man to fill the Sweden international's sizeable shoes on Tyneside?
Isak found the net 27 times in 42 games last term and is playing arguably the best football of his career.
The 25-year-old has notched 44 league goals over the past two seasons – a tally only bettered by six players in Europe's top five divisions, including Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah.
But he wasn't always so prolific.
When he first joined Newcastle for a club record fee of £63m in 2022 he had scored just six league goals for Real Sociedad in the previous season - which was under his expected goals total of 9.78.
Isak was just 22 then and Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe was keen to stress that he saw the Swede as an "outstanding talent" rather than the finished article. The same can be said of Leipzig's 22-year-old Sesko, although the numbers suggest he is a more rounded player at the same age.
Sesko overperformed his expected goals total by 6.3 in 2023-24 and by 3.1 during the last campaign, in which he converted an excellent 19.1% of his chances.
The Slovenia international also holds a physical advantage.
Standing at close to 6ft 5in, Sesko contested almost double the number of aerial duels last season than Isak did in 2021-22, and won 11.4% more.
He is also deceptively quick, recording a top speed of 35.7 km/h in 2024-25, placing him among the Bundesliga's fastest attacking players.