Manchester United: Rio Ferdinand makes exciting Benjamin Sesko prediction after Michael Carrick appointment

Carrick has been placed in charge of Man Utd until the end of the season

Man United, on Tuesday evening, officially confirmed Carrick as their head coach until the end of the season , with the former midfielder taking over from Darren Fletcher following a two-game spell.

This marks Carrick’s third spell at Old Trafford and second in a coaching capacity after stepping in to take charge in a caretaker role when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked in November 2021.

Carrick takes over a Man Utd side that has a maximum of 17 games remaining after being knocked out of the FA Cup and Carabao Cup at the first time of asking this season .

With that said, United sit seventh in the Premier League table, three points off fourth and one point off fifth - which could be enough to seal Champions League qualification.

To achieve their goals, reports suggest Carrick will have to make do with the current squad at his disposal as the club are unlikely to do any major business in the January transfer window despite links to Elliot Anderson and Marcos Llorente .

Ferdinand, speaking on the ‘Rio Ferdinand Presents’ podcast believes Carrick’s coaching can get the best out of Benjamin Sesko .

“Sesko could have an improvement,” Ferdinand said. “Carrick was one of those players, he was trusted as one of the top three or four players in our team to get the ball into dangerous areas for people to create one vs one situations or get in on goal, or the pass before the goal.

“So he understands that way of thinking and what a striker needs. I think he will put the pieces around somebody like Sesko.

“I look at Sesko and if he is firing on all cylinders he is one of them ones I don't think you want to play against.

“If he has a good day, he's a player you go ‘ooh, he's quick, he's strong, he can jump, he's athletic’.

Benjamin Sesko has rediscovered his goalscoring touch

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“A lot of those attributes you think I don't really want that around me.

“He needs good service for all those attributes to come out and Michael will be looking at that and thinking ‘how can I get the ball into this guy and put him in areas where defenders will make mistakes?’”

Sesko, to his credit, has overcome a slow start to his Man United career and appears to be finding his feet.

The £73.7million summer signing from RB Leipzig has scored three goals in his last two appearances after failing to find the net in his previous nine outings.