On Wednesday, Manchester United's star Lingard rejoined team-mates Pogba and Eric Bai, who have just returned from their respective national teams. Lin will be hoping to make his first Premier League start of the season when he visits his old club Leicester City on Saturday, but the odds are unlikely. With little playing time under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and only 45 minutes in the league, the England international rejected Manchester United's offer for a new £135,000-a-week contract, new tycoon Newcastle United are considering bringing him in for a winter transfer, and European giants Barca and AC Milan are also interested in signing him for free next Summer.
The 28-year-old Lingard has entered the last nine months of his contract and in January next year he will be free to contact overseas clubs, Barca and Milan are eligible, when they can initialize agreements with them, and next summer window to complete the transfer. Jesse Lingard wants to stay at United, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer cannot provide playing time guarantees.
This season, Jesse Lingard has made three premier league appearances on the bench, scoring two goals, however, this has not helped him to get the main position. ESPN reported that both Barça and Milan are concerned about this situation, and neither team has a wealth of transfer funds, especially Barca, which is in financial crisis, so it is an opportunity to bring in an international player who has participated in a World Cup-level event for free.
However, if he wants to get Jesse Lingard, the new owner must ensure that he can play the main force in order to compete in the World Cup in Qatar at the end of next year, which is the most important requirement made by Lin Huang. Manchester United's midfielder revealed that when england's squad, which lost to Southgate this summer, missed the European Championship, he shed tears of sadness.
At the time, with nine goals and five assists from a half season on loan to West Ham, Jesse Lingard was named to the provisional 33-man squad but failed to squeeze into the final 26ers. "In June, I really felt like I had done enough to be among the 26-man squad at the European Championship. Obviously, I respect Gareth (Southgate's) decision, but when I called my brother to tell the news, I couldn't help but cry. Lou (Lingard's brother) also cried."
A disappointed Jesse Lingard returned home, still openly supporting his team-mates, and in England's game against Croatia, he put on west Ham team-mate Deklan Rice's No. 4 shirt with a parrot on his shoulder to cheer up the Three Lions. "Two years ago, the result of the defeat would have completely crushed me." Jesse Lingard explained, "Thankfully, I'm in a better position now. I'm not going to sit there and sulk when my teammates start, and although I can't play, I'm still a fan, aren't I? So I put on the jersey, I had a close relationship with Declan [Rice], so it was definitely his #4 shirt, and I went to the bar with my brother and a couple of friends."
"There was a guy walking around with a parrot, it was so casual, and suddenly the bird stopped on my shoulder and watched as we defeated Croatia. What a wonderful afternoon it was, and I'd like to give every player a piece of advice: Go to the bar with the fans at least once in your career, and it will give you a different perspective."
This is not the first time that Lingard has suffered a setback, in the 2018/19 season, Lingard suffered a groin injury, was plagued for several months, and he even considered retiring. "I love football, I love it to death. But sometimes I think: I can't do this anymore." Lin Huang said, "At that time, I was desperately playing with my mobile phone, I might be chatting with people, but I wasn't really listening. I endured this emotion and pressure, and it was the same all season, until the next season, and in a year and a half, I went from the top of the world to an unprecedented low."
Jesse Lingard believes that the suspension of the Premier League in March 2020 gave him the opportunity to rise again. "It's weird to say, but anyway, it's a good thing for my career. I was almost finished, and all of a sudden, I got the chance to press the Reset button." Lingard said.
The British star also thanked manchester United's former manager Jose Mourinho and revealed that when the Portuguese maniac took charge of Manchester United, he often held video calls with him to encourage him. During his time at The Coach, Jesse Lingard scored 13 goals in 48 games in 2017/18, the highest year of his career.
Jesse Lingard said mourinho was somewhat unorthodox about the player's injured starter, he did not like the player's absence, but he had a positive relationship with Uncle Bird. "Overall, I have a very good relationship with Jose [Mourinho], and I have to say that he is very good to me." Jesse Lingard recalled, "Before I was injured, he trusted me to play important games. We won the trophy and he made me the winner. He can bring out your attributes in this regard. He also likes to make personal contact with players, and sometimes when I look at my phone, I will find that he is suddenly video connected to me. Really suddenly, out of nowhere, I came to say hello to you."
"At first, I thought it was so strange. He called, presumably and said, 'Hey, Jesse, what are you doing?' All I could do was say, 'It's all right, just watching TV...", and then fall into an awkward silence, 'What about you?' Hahaha, later thought it was too much fun. Honestly, it shows that he cares so much about us."
Another Portuguese, Bruno Fernandez, also spoke highly of Jesse Lingard, with Manchester United's Emperor Star revealing that Bruno called him "the best player in the Premier League". Lin Huang explained: "In an interview with Manchester United, Bruno called me the 'best player in the Premier League'... That's me! Can you believe that? That's what Bruno said! I got a lot of love from Bruno and he kept texting and encouraging me when I rented out to West Ham. It's amazing to be inspired by a player of this level."
Jesse Lingard also admitted that his performance at West Ham was super level. "My brother said to me, maybe my achievements are beyond my performance, hahaha!" 」 Lingard said, "I didn't, I was at West Ham, I was when everything was going well, let's say so, it was an upgraded Ringard version 2.0!"
Now, Jesse Lingard will face a difficult choice, whether to leave Manchester United, where he has been playing for almost 20 years, and look elsewhere for a new start.