New Harland？ Slovenian genius Sheshko is about to land in the Bundesliga. Is he ready？

Benjamin Sheshko, he may be one of the most watched young strikers in the world football today. Many people have given him high expectations, and next season, he will complete the "leap" from Salzburg Red Bull to RB Leipzig, just like Pamekano, Szoboszlai, Huang Xican and Sabitzer. This season, Sheshko has helped Salzburg Red Bull establish a 9-point lead in the Austrian League, so can he conquer the Bundesliga next?

Sheshko was born on May 31st, 2004 in Radece, a small town in the Lower sava river Valley in eastern Slovenia. He started his football tour at the local club Radece in 2010. After spending three years here. From 2013 to 2019, Sheshko changed several clubs, the most impressive of which was in Krsko, where he scored 59 goals in 23 games.

In 2019, Sheshko entered the sight of Salzburg Red Bull. Red Bull quickly took action to introduce the Slovenian teenager, and then he was loaned to Levlin, where he made 15 appearances for a total of 354 minutes. However, his more memorable performance was in the European Youth League, and he helped the Salzburg Red Bull Youth Team reach the semi-finals with his wonderful performance.

In the following season, Sheshko continued to play for Levlin. He made 29 appearances and scored 20 goals, ranking second in the top scorer list. These performances attracted the attention of Jesse Marsh, the head coach of Red Bull Salzburg at that time. He made Sheshko debut for the first team against Hartberg on January 30, 2021.

Before the start of the 2021-22 season, the new head coach Matthias Jaissle officially promoted him to the first team. It was also in this season that Sheshko quickly became a high-profile name in European football, and his name attracted the attention of many giants.

In the 2021-22 season, Cescau, as a substitute for Okafor, played 24 games in Austria and scored 5 goals in 966 minutes. For an 18-year-old first-team rookie, this is a satisfactory data. In July last year, in a warm-up match between Red Bull Salzburg and Liverpool, Sheshko sealed his throat after completing a counterattack that almost ran through the half-court, helping the team beat the Red Army 1-0.

This season, Jaissle gave Sheshko more playing time and helped him to play more roles in the team. Cesco averaged nearly 60 minutes per game this season, which is the highest in his calendar season. At the same time, he also contributed 9 goals and 2 assists to the team in the league and was the top scorer in the Salzburg Red Bull. What is particularly valuable is that six of Sheshko’s nine goals were scored when the team was behind or tied, which helped the team get eight points, so Sheshko’s contribution to the team is very important.

Sheshko is efficient as a shooter. He scored one goal every 89 minutes on average this season. In addition, his shooting accuracy is quite excellent, so Sheshko is considered to have the potential to become a prolific shooter.

As an attacker with a height of 1.95 meters, Sheshko, like his predecessor Harland in the club, likes to use his physique to suppress defenders in the frontcourt, or use his body to confront defenders when the team attacks. At the same time, Sheshko’s advantage is that he has flexibility that doesn’t match his height, and he often uses fast dribbling to break through in a narrow space.

In addition, Sheshko is also famous for his crisp shooting, which means that when he shoots, the goalkeeper rarely gets a chance to save. Cescau also has excellent speed and ability without the ball, and is good at running intelligently behind the opponent’s defense.

However, Sheshko also has some obvious weaknesses. One of them is his ability to handle the ball when holding it. Although Cescau is a good dribbler, he sometimes lacks the judgment of the situation and can’t pass the ball properly for his teammates when he takes the ball in the third zone.

On the other hand, although Sheshko’s goal shot was very powerful, there were some problems in his adjustment before shooting. This is an important problem that puzzles Sheshko. He has missed 11 major opportunities in the Olympic Super League this season, which is the most among all players in the league. This is not conducive to Sheshko’s prospects in the big clubs.

At present, Sheshko is not a perfect striker. However, the advantage of Sheshko is that because of his outstanding specialty, even with those limited skills, he can create a huge threat to the opponent’s defense. As he continues to accumulate competition experience and improve his ability, Sheshko is expected to grow into a real world-class striker.

The experience in the Bundesliga next season will be very important for Sheshko, because RB Leipzig is a very orderly team with many high-level competition opportunities. As he did in Austria before, Sheshko needs to make more efforts to win playing time and prove his adaptability in high-level dialogue.