He signed that contract near the end of the 2016-2017 season. He made 42 appearances that season, with 40 the year before and 48 the year after. He was a regular first-teamer when his contract was extended, not someone stuck on the bench.
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I'm sure we'd have negotiated down from our original price if West Ham were serious about signing him and if he wanted to go.
A new contract is in no way an assurance of some value being preserved and him being sold next summer. I'm not surprised by the club doing so, but pleasantly surprised that he seems to have rejected the deal in favour of actually playing football. I would have hoped that the new recruitment team would show more decisiveness with moving players on and rejuvenating the squad with hunger and talent that's on an upward trajectory.
No, it's in favour of more money. Either from us or as a signing bonus from his next club.
If this was about football he wouldn't have leaked the "contract rejection" to the media.
Does it look like that? Cuz they were just looking to extend Lingard, no? Granted I don't know at what wages but surely this offer to extend shows exactly the opposite to what you said. Sigh.
Chelsea still have Michy Batshuayi, Ross Barkley and Danny Drinkwater on their books. Liverpool have Minamino and Origi on their books also who barely play.
The thought did cross my mind.
I’d now completely freeze him out and not let him train with the first team. Watch his value tumble
I just hope through threats of not renewing a contract due to playing time that Ole doesn't succumb to sentiment and play him more due to these threats.
Got no problem with Jesse running down his contract and leaving on a free. Honestly, I think his situation, like that of Pogba, has been grossly mismanaged. Overvaluing as asset to try to get the max price ending with the player running down the deal and walking out for nothing. Pogba should have been offered a new contract 2 years ago - if he had rejected it then we could have had some time to find a buyer for him at a reasonable price. In the case of Jesse, it's different. He hasn't been good enough for United for a few years now and we should have cashed in a long time ago.
We will panic and offer him an even better deal. 100%
The guy is like a fungus. We’ll be having the same discussions in four years time.
He's probably going to do well enough against poor opposition, take the minutes off your VDBs and off that form, Utd will offer him a much better contract 
What do you mean just let him leave?
He has a contract so we can't force him to move if he doesn't actually want to leave.
Hard to fathom how we couldn't find a way to move him on this summer. Even a reduced fee is better than leaving on a free after a season contributing nothing. These decisions boggle the mind.
It seems he doesn't wan to move. In which what can the club do? Pay out his contract?
Not likely.
That's ridiculously harsh. He's a youth product who's always given his best, and has scored important goals for us. He's not good enough to be a regular starter, but that's not his fault. If he wants to run his contract down and leave on a free, that's absolutely his right. And if he's willing to be a squad player and not start that often, I have no problem with giving him a new contract
He did not have a contract. His original contract expired in June 2021 but we fecking renewed it for a year...
I don’t think it’s harsh at all. The guy has had one purple patch in how many years at United now ? You are right though. If he wants to run his contract down that is his prerogative. But if he is lucky enough to get another contract at United you will be one of a select few happy about it.
Club run by cnuts. A player should never leave on a free unless he's a Mata type player at the very end of his career.
He turned down offers himself this year…
I too would run my contract down if I were him. Imagine being given a chance to train with Ronaldo for a year. That itself would add purchase to his wage demands in future if he joins a mid-table club.
United should never have offered him a new contract & shows just how poorly the decision makers are at OT.
I suspect he wants a big payday at another club when he signs on a free. He doesn’t have to look far for inspiration. I am sure the club wanted to sell him like we did with James and his performances at West Ham would have garnered some interest.
We probably want to keep him so we can sell him for some money next year but doesn’t look like it will happen.
I don’t think we have as many sellable players as Chelsea or Madrid who have a big rooster of loaned players and they can sell 2-3 of them every year. We probably have 3-4 sellable players (James, Lingard, Dalot, Martial) and sold one this window. Matic, Bailly, Jones, Andreas, Chong are not really sellable - at best they can leave for free but we probably see some value in keeping them around as backup or for a future payday.
We probably want to keep him so we can sell him for some money next year but doesn’t look like it will happen.
I don’t think we have as many sellable players as Chelsea or Madrid who have a big rooster of loaned players and they can sell 2-3 of them every year. We probably have 3-4 sellable players (James, Lingard, Dalot, Martial) and sold one this window. Matic, Bailly, Jones, Andreas, Chong are not really sellable - at best they can leave for free but we probably see some value in keeping them around as backup or for a future payday.
Apparently he turned them down. They ended up spending 25m on vlasic on deadline day.
I think he will be of interest in the winter window when cellar-dwellers are panicking and trying to save their Prem status. It might just be another loan though.
Lingard and Pogba leaving on free will serve as a lesson to all fans who would rather focus on any players' sob story then their actual contribution on the pitch. Most players care for their own interests. Its time for the club to do the same.
Why on earth didnt we use him as part ex for Declan Rice this summer or just sell him out right? I thought the whole Jesse thing was that he loved United so wanted to stay and fight for his place. We could have easily sold him this summer.
If Jesse wants to run his contract down, it is fine. However, for the love of God, do not offer him a new one. Let him move elsewhere and play regularly, while we move on and improve our squad.
Because we can only afford one mega transfer in Sancho. Rice is quoted to be 100 right? You trade in with Lingard you still have at least 75 million pounds to pay. Where do we get that extra money? Risk of not signing Varane?
No way.
We fixed the wing spots and center back spot this season, which is our glaring weaknesses last season. We can't have it all.
If he performs better than VDB and well enough to prove his worth, that's a good thing for Manchester United.He's probably going to do well enough against poor opposition, take the minutes off your VDBs and off that form, Utd will offer him a much better contract
People are making this too personal with their hatred of Lingard. The irrationality of wanting to put him down more than the next poster is reaching religious levels of 'holier than thou' competitiveness.
Most internet memes follow the mob. But in the case of Jesse, the mob is following the memes.
What a scumbag move by Jesse. Pathetic.
Should have been out of the club years ago and not taking a few million for him this summer was idiotic
So he wants more playing time yet had the chance to move this year for more playing time but didn’t do so.
What like we negotiated for Romero last season or how we put a realistic price on for Pareira?
Sad thing is he’s 29 soon and should be trying to make the most of whatever playing career he has left, if he was anyway serious about football he’d have pushed for a move a couple of seasons ago and at the very least this summer. I think it’s become abundantly clear it’s all about JLingz the brand and not football with him.
Don't see the issue in him running down his contract. Let's hope for a good last season for him here and then goodbye.
I’d rather him leave for free than be given a new contract in all honesty. Should have been training with the youth team all summer and forced to move we need to be more ruthless.
He should have been sold in the summer, even for 10m and not holding out for 25-30m like I'm imagining we were.
Take 2.5/-5m in January and let him move then instead of free in the summer with whoever he ends up signing a pre-contract with.
He'll likely end up back at West Ham or somewhere like Everton or Newcastle.
Take 2.5/-5m in January and let him move then instead of free in the summer with whoever he ends up signing a pre-contract with.
He'll likely end up back at West Ham or somewhere like Everton or Newcastle.
Exactly. Look how long we kept Darmian and Rojo hanging around. Nobody will get close to matching the wages we give these players and give us big fees. However, we don't learn.
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