Rooney gives brutal response to Lingard transfer links amid claims Man Utd legend wants to sign former team-mate
DC UNITED manager Wayne Rooney has shut down reports suggesting he wants to bring former Manchester United team-mate Jesse Lingard to Major League Soccer.
Lingard, 30, was released by Nottingham Forest earlier this month and is yet to find a new club.
Some reports speculated that he could reunite with former United pal Rooney in the US this summer.
However, Rooney has since dismissed all rumours linking the midfielder with a move to DC United.
He said: “The Jesse Lingard [rumour]?
“I don’t know where that has come from. From my point of view we have no interest in signing him.”
When asked if he will sign any players this summer, the United legend added: “We are obviously looking, there is a few players we have identified who we will work hard to try and bring in and there is things we can move round to try and do that.
“We have to be at our best, work at our best and we have to find the best way to free money up to bring players in.”
Lingard spent 22 years at Man Utd before leaving as a free agent last summer.
He made 232 senior appearances for the Red Devils, but fell out of favour towards the end of his spell.
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The midfielder signed a one-year deal worth up to £150,000-a-week with Nottingham Forest last summer.
But he was limited to just 20 appearances during the 2022-23 campaign.