Man United prepare for a month without Sesko
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
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🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The last 48 hours of international football has provided some incredible drama. Laurie Whitwell travelled halfway around the world to witness a 0-0 draw between Jamaica and Curacao (which was more exciting than it sounds, tbf) while Denmark, featuring Patrick Dorgu and Rasmus Hojlund, were beaten to World Cup qualification by Scott McTominay and Scotland.
As we return to domestic affairs, the club has revealed a broad prognosis on Benjamin Sesko and we're expecting him back in action in the second half of December. What does that mean for United's forward line, then, and will it provide an opportunity for Joshua Zirkzee?
United's women had a great result against PSG but four games in eleven days has seen them struggle, especially without their first-choice 'keeper. Meanwhile, back in the Premier League, Everton are the first in what can be described, and has by Opta, as an appealing run of fixtures.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:18.7 | This is Talk to Devils, the Athletic Show, dedicated to Manchester United. |
| 0:22.7 | Coming up today, tales of the weird and wonderful from across a crazy international break |
| 0:27.8 | that may or may not be related to Manchester United. |
| 0:31.2 | A preview to Everton as the Premier League gets going again, |
| 0:34.3 | and how exactly will United replace Ben Cessco with the striker, |
| 0:39.0 | looks set to be out until mid-December. |
| 0:42.6 | Carl and Andy are back, but more excitedly, sorry, lads, Laurie is joining us from Jamaica. |
| 0:48.6 | Hello, mate. |
| 0:49.2 | Hello, I think that's the first time you've ever said you are more excited to see me than Carl or Andy. |
| 0:56.1 | But thank you. It's very good to see you guys. |
| 0:58.7 | Didn't say it was true. I just thought I'd give you a bit of a build-up considering you're battling Jamaica and an airport trip to come on the podcast. |
| 1:07.9 | Yeah, and sunshine and great food and beautiful hospitality. It's been a real |
| 1:13.5 | struggle. Yeah, I can imagine. I've seen your Instagram posts. You haven't seen anything yet. |
| 1:18.7 | Okay. I don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, but we'll find out a little bit later on in |
| 1:23.2 | the pod when we talk about Jamaica failing to qualify for the World Cup. You know, that story you went over for, Steve McClaren's redemption and all that. |
| 1:30.3 | Yeah, we'll get into that a little bit later. |
| 1:32.4 | But yeah, there's been lots of Manchester United related stuff across this international break. |
| 1:36.6 | Carl Chris McKenna has written an article on the athletic detailing all the different things. |
| 1:40.9 | We've got Lammons making his first ever cap for Belgium. |
| 1:44.5 | We've got Casimiro featuring again for Brazil, starring again for Brazil, |
| 1:48.9 | DeLitt being back in contention for Ronald Cooman, which we didn't see coming. |
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