‘The deal was done’ – Jesse Lingard reveals he was ‘p***ed’ when Man Utd blocked his Newcastle transfer at last minute
JESSE LINGARD has admitted he was “p***ed” off when Manchester United blocked a January loan move to Newcastle last January.
The 30-year-old decided to try and force his way into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer‘s plans last term after a successful six-month loan spell at West Ham.
However, Lingard found game time hard to come by under the Red Devils icon, as well as interim boss Ralf Rangnick.
Come January 2022, Lingard had made only a handful of starts and began to grow frustrated with his contract due to expire in June.
And in a bid to get back on the football pitch, a loan move in January to then Premier League strugglers Newcastle was agreed.
But United decided to pull the plug on the move with their squad being too small – a decision that “p***ed” off Lingard.
Lingard told the Diary of a CEO podcast: “I wanted to go on loan again in January because I wasn’t playing again.
“Newcastle was on the cards in January. The deal was done – everything – but the United squad was not big enough.
“A couple of players went out on loan and when it came to me, [football director] John Murtough rang me and was like, ‘No, you’re not going on loan.’
“I was like, ‘He’s on loan. Let me go and enjoy my football. I’m not playing here so let me go on loan. I want to play football.’
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“He was like, ‘What do you want? Days off?’ I said, ‘No. I want to go play football.’ They stopped the loan so I was p***ed.”
Lingard left boyhood club Man Utd in the summer without a proper sendoff, and a summer of transfer speculation followed.
There were talks of a move to the MLS, as well as a return to the London Stadium, where he played his best football to date.
However, Lingard decided to join Nottingham Forest on a one-year deal.
The England international is yet to score or assist in the Prem, though.
Once retired, Lingard says he’d like to move into acting – which could be a hint as to where he moves next.