What makes you surprised?
Jesse Lingard | Seoul singer
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Seeing that it took Forest half a season to realise it wasn’t worth the time and in that time him not securing another gig elsewhere.
Should have stayed at West Ham where he was looking to get in career back on track. Some bad decisions, both from him and the club.
He’s made the worst choices a professional footballer could make. If anyone needed an agent to guide him, it’s this guy. He’ll be lucky to get a gig anywhere with the performances he puts in, not to mention the salary and output.
I was expecting he'd drop down a league, at this point. I would be somewhat surprised if an MLS or Saudi team was really interested.
BargainWe didn’t give £200k or even close to that (for about the 8th time on this thread) it’s approx £100k - £120k plus bonuses (probably none of which he’s achieved).
I guess you didn’t pay attention to his injury mid season when he was playing pretty well? By the time he was fit, Danilo was scoring for fun in his position.
I'd take a chance on him he could develop into a good player and he's on a free. Ten Hag could coach him into being a good player
I'm not surprised in the slightest. The wage to quality ratio of a lot of our players and ex players is absolutely insane.
Just no.
*sad dab*
Give him another twenty or thirty years, when he matures, he could be a good player for Forest (Green).
His talent is not a joke. Think he could crack soon, so might have to get him while it's -not yet too- hot
Yeah right
Imagine if he goes to Inter Miami. One of a few players to play with Messi and Ronaldo.
To be fair Lingard didn't feature much during OGS days. Most of the players that were bought around during OGS days are still rather successful in ETH's team, like Bruno and AWB. OGS was pushing for Jude Bellingham but he didn't want to sign for us. Harry McGuire was the one that we thought would push on but somehow it was almost like they replace him with another player while the real McGuire was languishing somewhere in a Greek prison cell. Sancho as well - it's not just us but in general a lot of players who were hot in Bundesliga didn't turn out so well in EPL, e.g. Kai Havertz, Timo Werner.
If there were any thing to be criticised about our transfer policy it's that we allowed too many players too many chances and we sell super poorly.
I miss all the leaks and dressing room drama
He's training with them at the moment.
Was linked to DC United too but Rooney made it clear they weren't interested in signing him.
There must be a club out there looking to pay £100k+ per week for a consultant to spruce up their games room and kick start their social media presence?
Is this the same Danilo that scored three goals last season?
Yes, but he had a great time doing so
He’d be better off packing it all in and focusing on his Tik Tok account.
In consecutive games just as Lingard became available- what’s your point?
Thanks for the FA Cup bro!
Think the MLS would definitely suit him…he would fit in in the US easily and no language barrier.
He isn’t EPL standard now - more so from an application mentality point of view.
Needs a change of scene.
He isn’t EPL standard now - more so from an application mentality point of view.
Needs a change of scene.
I think you were overstating it a tad saying that Danilo was scoring for fun.
One of the weirest decisions in recent years. I can almost see why Lingard wanted to come back to United - it was his last chance to play for a big club - but United wanting to keep him was absurd. We just threw away millions for nothing.
I dont think we'll see him in the EPL again. Maybe some team in italy or MLS.
Nope - all decent hits and made it look easy - 3 in consecutive matches from a young midfielder. Its not Lingards fault that he couldn’t get a start ahead of Danilo.
i mean I’m not sure if the misspelling was on purpose but people often forget this. He had a good first season but was horrid for a few months after the agreement fiasco. Turned back to being ok - then eventually became a meme.
he’ll retire and conquer the fashion industry, just like he conquered football.
He only joined yous for the money anyway. West ham would have been a better move career wise, he’d of had a trophy.
Don't understand why @Forest Red so staunchly defends this guy.
You paid him a lot of money, he only came to you for the money and he wasn't very good.
You should be grateful it was only a 1 year contract.
You paid him a lot of money, he only came to you for the money and he wasn't very good.
You should be grateful it was only a 1 year contract.
Would he even get a DP contract nowadays in the MLS?
He took the gamble and it didn’t pay off.
Doesn’t have the name or reputation coming off his Forest stint for Saudi or the US.
Newly promoted teams won’t be handing out any big contracts. I understood the gamble at the time, but in hindsight, West Ham really was the right move for him.
Doesn’t have the name or reputation coming off his Forest stint for Saudi or the US.
Newly promoted teams won’t be handing out any big contracts. I understood the gamble at the time, but in hindsight, West Ham really was the right move for him.
Why, because some United fans seem to want to misrepresent Lingard‘s time at Forest to legitimise their continued animosity towards him. Your highlighted summary of the season is your narrative and is plain wrong and simplistic. I’m not defending Lingard, I’m posting what actuality happened at my club and why. For the record, he’s not a twat, he is a team player, he turned up and supported the club even when not picked, he helped out with academy lads, he never once bad mouthed Forest or anyone at the club and his season was compromised by injuries at the wrong time. Maybe you just need to let it go?
If he doesn't end up in MLS I could see him at Celtic.
I don't think any of your points about his time at the club necessarily negate the idea that he only joined Forest for the money.
I don't particularly understand why people use that as a stick to beat players with, but it seemed fairly certain he had an offer on the table from West Ham, a club where he'd enjoyed a good run of form and was already well liked. The only thing the Forest offer had over the West Ham one was more money.
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