Man Utd board made harsh example of wantaway star as warning to the squad
Manchester United’s board intentionally blocked Jesse Lingard from leaving in January to ‘make an example’ of the midfielder and send a message to the rest of the team, according to reports.
Lingard, who has not started a single Premier League game this campaign, is in the last six months of his contract with the club and has told United he will not be signing an extension.
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January represented United’s last chance to cash in on Lingard but the Red devils rejected approaches from both Newcastle United and West Ham United.
Interim manager Ralf Rangnick even spoke to Lingard on deadline day and gave him the green light to leave, but United’s hierarchy were against a move.
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