Lingard to join West Ham on loan

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There's something so FIFA about thinking you can just plug him back into the United team and he'll produce the exact same form as he's in right now. It looks specifically like the change in environment has done him the world of good.
100% agree - the change of environment has been massive, and I think also probably knowing he's going to start. Which means he can afford to take risks, afford to attempt something which might not come off. If he comes back he'll be (at best) a squad player again who rotates in and out, and I just can't see how he could possibly maintain the form he's in while missing games, coming off the bench etc
 

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This is one of those rare instances of a loan deal working our for us. It's been the best possible outcome. We want to sell him but nobody is willing to pay for a player that has been forgotten about, so we settle for a loan to a manager that has worked with him. He performs way above expectation and reminds the league that there is a good player in there.

Now is the time to sell, as his stock will never be higher.
 

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You can bet your life if James moved to say Leeds he would play out of his skin.
Jesse is on fire at west ham and now looks their main man. Good luck to him. He needs
to make the move permanent
 

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Hes literally had one genuinely bad season for us.. all the others hes been pretty decent. Hes a quality player.
Well yes one bad season, but he also had plenty of poor periods sometimes lasting months in other seasons. Periods where he was decent to good and one 4 month period back in 2017 where he was very good. He was wildly inconsistent for United, though to be fair he was also quite often played out on the right wing which doesn't suit his skill set at all.
 

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Grealish isn’t out of contract next season is he? He is also their most important player whereas Lingard is one of our reserves. I’d be amazed if we get more than £20-£30m for him.
No he just signed a new contract a few months ago. He's also 3-4 years younger and a better player.

I wouldn't bother debating with the dreamers who think we could get £50-80m for Lingard. Reality will sort that out soon enough.
 

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Jesse should be looking to play week in week out as a starter in his preferred position.

I love what he is producing for West Ham. Given the off field personal stuff he's gone through I'm happy to watch him enjoying his football again.

Definitely make the move permanent, if he wants it. He's got a manager who trusts him, he looks to be having the freedom to play around the forward line and always felt his strengths were in his movement off the ball.

He's always had a finish in him. You think it just might be worth taking this momentum and running with it in the environment he is flourishing in. What's the point in taking that and sitting on the bench at United?

As folk say as well, his stock will never be higher. We'd have struggled to get any decent fee before this loan.
 

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No he just signed a new contract a few months ago. He's also 3-4 years younger and a better player.

I wouldn't bother debating with the dreamers who think we could get £50-80m for Lingard. Reality will sort that out soon enough.
Yeah. Folk are dreaming if they think we will get a fee anywhere near as high. Fees aren't just about contract lengths or age.

At the end of the day we're not selling one of our most important players to a bigger club.
 

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I just hope we don't see this as his revival and take him back. He tends to do spurts of form as well.

Hopefully West Ham buy him as it's worked out well for both him and them. I often said he could do well at a smaller PL club.

Unfortunately though, especially given his form for them, I suspect we slap a huge price tag on him that the sorts of clubs who we should be targeting him at (West Ham etc) can't afford him.
 

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Unfortunately though, especially given his form for them, I suspect we slap a huge price tag on him that the sorts of clubs who we should be targeting him at (West Ham etc) can't afford him.
With Rice as a swap they can ;)

Jokes aside, West Ham is a wealthy club arent they? Especially if they get CL.

But yeah, wouldnt be suprised if we outpriced Jesse here. 30 M I'd say is a reasonable price.
 

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A nice little auction situation would be perfect and should guarantee we get our asking price.

So happy for him man. He deserves it after the shit he's been through the last couple of years.

EDIT - On this form, he's £50m, minimum player. But with the last year of his contract being the situation, we should be looking for £30m.
 

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This has got me thinking. For some reason I've always categorised him as someone who should be useful at breaking down park the bus sides, given his best attributes are his possession play and movement, rather than pace or dribbling skill that I would associate with players suited to counter attacking football. Yet, from memory all of his best goals and games for us were in open, expansive games or games we were playing on the counter. It doesn't quite add up as to why this is? I suppose he just lacks that extra touch of quality against packed defences.

Anyway, think its best for all if he moves on. He's not good enough as a 10 for us, he's really bad RW. I actually quite like him as a LW but we're well stocked there too.
You remind me of some of the pre season games in the US I think it was under LVG. Some lighting counters with Jesse at the heart of it
 

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A nice little auction situation would be perfect and should guarantee we get our asking price.

So happy for him man. He deserves it after the shit he's been through the last couple of years.

EDIT - On this form, he's £50m, minimum player. But with the last year of his contract being the situation, we should be looking for £30m.
PSG and Madrid? :lol:

I like to imagine Neymar and Mbappe and constantly tugging on Poch' sleeves, begging him to bring over Messi Lingard to complete their attacking triumvirate.

In all seriousness fair play to him for reviving his career. Hope we manage to get a tidy sum for him.
 

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PSG and Madrid? :lol:

I like to imagine Neymar and Mbappe and constantly tugging on Poch' sleeves, begging him to bring over Messi Lingard to complete their attacking triumvirate.

In all seriousness fair play to him for reviving his career. Hope we manage to get a tidy sum for him.
In a world where Choupo-Moting has played in big Champions League games for PSG and Bayern it doesn't sound that outlandish!
 

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I think LVG and Mourinho imparted a lot of negativity and conservatism into his playing style. Really annoyed with the many one touch passes back to the same player.
It would be best for everyone if he stays with West Ham now, which I believe he will want. At his age, he really needs to be starting games, which he won't do with us.
And also, I think a lot of his goals and assists have come on the counter, which our current starters have no problems with.

West Ham making Top 4 would seal it, with the added bonus of keeping either Chelsea or Liverpool out. :smirk:

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And also won't have to poke my eyes out after those cringey dance celebrations any more.
 
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One thing people will have to explain to me is why some are so confident that Bruno is capable of consistent, high output, even though he’s only been in England for just a bit more than a year, and is therefore someone we have to build around, but with Lingard it is just a golden patch that can be written off and we should cash in on.

There’s some doublethink going on.
 

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One thing people will have to explain to me is why some are so confident that Bruno is capable of consistent, high output, even though he’s only been in England for just a bit more than a year, and is therefore someone we have to build around, but with Lingard it is just a golden patch that can be written off and we should cash in on.

There’s some doublethink going on.
Because Bruno’s output over the course of that year has been insane, far beyond a purple patch of form. Lingard went over a year without scoring a goal, despite getting plenty of opportunities. That’s why.
 

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Because Bruno’s output over the course of that year has been insane, far beyond a purple patch of form. Lingard went over a year without scoring a goal, despite getting plenty of opportunities. That’s why.
You cannot just condemn Jesse for a smaller sample size when his small sample already matches Bruno’s much larger one in many ways.

In terms of their half-seasons after moving in January, Lingard’s 20/21 PL has already surpassed Bruno’s 19/20 for United. Lingard has 12 non-penalty goals and assists versus Bruno’s 11. Lingard is on a free-roll from here.

His eight open-play goals in the PL this half-season already matches Bruno’s for his entire season too!

Put Rashford back on penalties and there’s so little in it.
 

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Imagine if West Ham get CL qualification and Chelsea and Liverpool miss out :D
 
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PSG and Madrid? :lol:

I like to imagine Neymar and Mbappe and constantly tugging on Poch' sleeves, begging him to bring over Messi Lingard to complete their attacking triumvirate.

In all seriousness fair play to him for reviving his career. Hope we manage to get a tidy sum for him.
We all know he's going to Inter
 

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Imagine if West Ham get CL qualification and Chelsea and Liverpool miss out :D
I think about that all the time. Either one of Chelsea or Leicester missing out would be funny tbf. Really need Liverpool's form to fall off a cliff again though.
 

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A nice little auction situation would be perfect and should guarantee we get our asking price.

So happy for him man. He deserves it after the shit he's been through the last couple of years.

EDIT - On this form, he's £50m, minimum player. But with the last year of his contract being the situation, we should be looking for £30m.
I read somewhere we asked for £10m... hope thats not true....
Sorry... found it.... Daily star....so not true then.
 

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You cannot just condemn Jesse for a smaller sample size when his small sample already matches Bruno’s much larger one in many ways.

In terms of their half-seasons after moving in January, Lingard’s 20/21 PL has already surpassed Bruno’s 19/20 for United. Lingard has 12 non-penalty goals and assists versus Bruno’s 11. Lingard is on a free-roll from here.

His eight open-play goals in the PL this half-season already matches Bruno’s for his entire season too!

Put Rashford back on penalties and there’s so little in it.
So use Jesse’s bigger sample size and see that over the course of his United career he hasn’t been as instrumental as Bruno. He plays a different style and one that is far better suited to the way west ham are playing, and the way that teams play against West Ham. There’s a reason that players change teams and find an uptick in form or performance. Lingard is suited to where he is now and is thriving currently. Whether or not he keeps that up over a whole season for west ham is also an unknown, but from what people have seen of his time here at United, he’s a great role player to bring in, but is never going to be a key piece of the first team. Bruno has been the catalyst for a lot of good things that have happened, including his attitude on and off the pitch. He focuses on that first and foremost, doesn’t want to settle for second best, and I think most people consider him a key part of the attitude shift in the squad. Lingard doesn’t bring any of that kind of leadership quality and is more just “one of the lads”.

plug Lingard in for Bruno over the last year or so and I don’t think we’d be anywhere near where we are currently with the overall progress.
 

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I think LVG and Mourinho imparted a lot of negativity and conservatism into his playing style. Really annoyed with the many one touch passes back to the same player.
It would be best for everyone if he stays with West Ham now, which I believe he will want. At his age, he really needs to be starting games, which he won't do with us.
And also, I think a lot of his goals and assists have come on the counter, which our current starters have no problems with.

West Ham making Top 4 would seal it, with the added bonus of keeping either Chelsea or Liverpool out. :smirk:

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And also won't have to poke my eyes out after those cringey dance celebrations any more.
You know Inter are still sniffing around United players... Jesse in Italy could be a big hit and something he might want to try. Didn't Raiola try to gett him to Milan last year.
 

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100% agree - the change of environment has been massive, and I think also probably knowing he's going to start. Which means he can afford to take risks, afford to attempt something which might not come off. If he comes back he'll be (at best) a squad player again who rotates in and out, and I just can't see how he could possibly maintain the form he's in while missing games, coming off the bench etc
I'd question his ambition if we managed to convince him to sign a new deal. He should be pushing for a move. He'll never be anything other than a spare part with Bruno and Pogba here.
 

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Jesse should be looking to play week in week out as a starter in his preferred position.

I love what he is producing for West Ham. Given the off field personal stuff he's gone through I'm happy to watch him enjoying his football again.

Definitely make the move permanent, if he wants it. He's got a manager who trusts him, he looks to be having the freedom to play around the forward line and always felt his strengths were in his movement off the ball.

He's always had a finish in him. You think it just might be worth taking this momentum and running with it in the environment he is flourishing in. What's the point in taking that and sitting on the bench at United?

As folk say as well, his stock will never be higher. We'd have struggled to get any decent fee before this loan.
Perfect summation.
 

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So use Jesse’s bigger sample size and see that over the course of his United career he hasn’t been as instrumental as Bruno. He plays a different style and one that is far better suited to the way west ham are playing, and the way that teams play against West Ham. There’s a reason that players change teams and find an uptick in form or performance. Lingard is suited to where he is now and is thriving currently. Whether or not he keeps that up over a whole season for west ham is also an unknown, but from what people have seen of his time here at United, he’s a great role player to bring in, but is never going to be a key piece of the first team. Bruno has been the catalyst for a lot of good things that have happened, including his attitude on and off the pitch. He focuses on that first and foremost, doesn’t want to settle for second best, and I think most people consider him a key part of the attitude shift in the squad. Lingard doesn’t bring any of that kind of leadership quality and is more just “one of the lads”.

plug Lingard in for Bruno over the last year or so and I don’t think we’d be anywhere near where we are currently with the overall progress.
What’s just bizarre for me is that Bruno was already being talked about as an all-time great, impactful signing and getting comparisons with Cantona by the end of the last season

Lingard is looking like delivering even more on the field than what Bruno did, is potentially going to actually carry West Ham to a far more unlikely achievement, yet people dismiss it and talking it down as just some good form.
 

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What’s just bizarre for me is that Bruno was already being talked about as an all-time great, impactful signing and getting comparisons with Cantona by the end of the last season

Lingard is looking like delivering even more on the field than what Bruno did, is potentially going to actually carry West Ham to a far more unlikely achievement, yet people dismiss it and talking it down as just some good form.
Are you taking the piss? Bruno is one of the most productive players in the world this season, let alone in terms of midfielders.
 

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What’s just bizarre for me is that Bruno was already being talked about as an all-time great, impactful signing and getting comparisons with Cantona by the end of the last season

Lingard is looking like delivering even more on the field than what Bruno did, is potentially going to actually carry West Ham to a far more unlikely achievement, yet people dismiss it and talking it down as just some good form.
Because Fernandes did it at a new club, in a new league and a new country and that club happened to be one of the worlds biggest where the pressure is huge.

Lingard as good as he's been for West Ham. Is in the same country and league he's been playing in and well its West Ham.

That's the difference.

Jesse has had 6+ years at United to prove he could be a consistent top player. But at United it just never worked out for him.
 

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You cannot just condemn Jesse for a smaller sample size when his small sample already matches Bruno’s much larger one in many ways.

In terms of their half-seasons after moving in January, Lingard’s 20/21 PL has already surpassed Bruno’s 19/20 for United. Lingard has 12 non-penalty goals and assists versus Bruno’s 11. Lingard is on a free-roll from here.

His eight open-play goals in the PL this half-season already matches Bruno’s for his entire season too!

Put Rashford back on penalties and there’s so little in it.
Bruno has almost has many assists (22) for United as Lingard has for his entire 9 year career (25). Reference: fbref.com.
 

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What’s just bizarre for me is that Bruno was already being talked about as an all-time great, impactful signing and getting comparisons with Cantona by the end of the last season

Lingard is looking like delivering even more on the field than what Bruno did, is potentially going to actually carry West Ham to a far more unlikely achievement, yet people dismiss it and talking it down as just some good form.
Lingard is being talked about as someone on a hot streak because he has a body of work before joining West Ham that supports this idea.

Bruno is completely different in that he brought his United form with him from his previous club. Then he has been consistently productive at his current club for much much longer than Jesse has.

The difference is so marked it makes your downplaying of Bruno’s impact much more bizarre than anyone dismissing Lingard’s current form as unsustainable. I might be confusing you with another poster but aren’t you on some peculiar personal crusade to pretend Bruno’s been a lot less good than everyone else thinks he has?
 
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This form has really pulled the wool over some peoples eye's.

He's a good player but he's not that good, talks of 50 million pound valuations and interest from Real is cuckoo land stuff. Anyone would think he is 21 year old and finally started to find his feet in the game with all the potential in the world. He's 28, we know what he's capable of long term and this isn't it.

I remember papiss Cisse being in even better form than this after a January transfer to Newcastle I think where everything he hit went in just like Lingard now (the Chelsea goal a prime example for Cisse)? and once the new season started he reverted to type and barely did anything.

Get rid for a decent fee and lets move on to bigger and better things.
 

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One thing people will have to explain to me is why some are so confident that Bruno is capable of consistent, high output, even though he’s only been in England for just a bit more than a year, and is therefore someone we have to build around, but with Lingard it is just a golden patch that can be written off and we should cash in on.

There’s some doublethink going on.
Because ummm. maybe Bruno has a way superior technique to Lingard? maybe because Jesse has had these bouts of form from time to time and then gone back to his completely average self? Maybe because "class is permanent and form is temporary" and all that?