Is Lingard as good as gone? | Contract extended by one year

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I remember on another thread someone who is obviously more business savvy than me, (and Im doing this from memory so might not get it 100% right) said keeping the 'asset' on the books for as long as possible even if not playing, looks good on the finance sheet and keeps the share prices stable. If you offload all your deadwood it looks like asset stripping and can cause the shares to fluctuate irregularly. Keeping and extending the contract isnt for football reasons, its just financial. Thats how the glazers think and run the club. Its all to do with getting the maximum financial benefit.
 

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Simply the club protecting an asset so they can get a price for it if they can. Who even knows what Jesse would be worth on the market, at one point you might have gotten 30 mil for him but it’s probably more like 15 mil I would think now.

saw this from Ole,

"'I think we have competition for places which means you can not go around thinking that you can just fake your way being part of this team because you only deserve to be in a team you contribute to”
 

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Simply the club protecting an asset so they can get a price for it if they can. Who even knows what Jesse would be worth on the market, at one point you might have gotten 30 mil for him but it’s probably more like 15 mil I would think now.

saw this from Ole,

"'I think we have competition for places which means you can not go around thinking that you can just fake your way being part of this team because you only deserve to be in a team you contribute to”
That last bit, lets hope Ole sticks to his word and doesnt start giving game time for the sake of it.
 

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Yeah he used to make very good runs from behind into the box and he was scoring some important goals aswell

It seemed like he had turned a corner and his movement and on-the ball decision had improved. Maybe the system Mourinho used him in that improved him.

I don't know why Ole can't get the best out of him
You would hope that he has been working on that during training.
He was pretty good for England as well and nobody really wants to see such taken wasted.
Still feel his best would come with a move away despite his contact extension.
 

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I've no issue with Man United getting rid of players they don't deem good enough, that's got nothing to do with my post.

It's just sad to see someone like Lingard get so much abuse from fellow Man United fans.
I doubt in this case anger is towards lingard, it is mainly the united board and their idiosyncrasy. Because he is not even appearing on bench means it cannot be a footballing decision, it has to be either financial or emotional. Either is stupid thing to do. It is not like he is poor, he is financially well off and can live happily ever after. He is an expired product so chances of some club paying 10m+ for him is unlikely. Then why keep him on the books? Say thanks for everything and part your ways. That's life.

And if club has 70k+/week to donate then donate that to Rashford's charity ffs.
 

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Sorry mate but thats just bullshit, breaking a great chemistry? Who the feck in the squad would have a valid reason to demand an extension for Lingard?

Risking a virus breakout, well we used 9 non starters in the cup game and Lingard couldn't even get minutes there.

What do we gain? To raise the standard mate, to let everyone know you can't just be a freaking passenger in this team and get a free ride while being rewarded with an extension. Deals like this along with Rojo's and Jones' have make very clear that no matter how shitty you are if you're not about to retire ManUtd will always extend your contract.
I disagree with your opinion but respect it, so won't call it "bullshit". No one in the squad would ask for an extension because it isn't an extension. He is not being "rewarded with an extension". It is an "option" that the club has decided to exercise to keep him as part of the club.

He would be free to talk to other clubs if we didn't do it so clearly the club thinks that being able to sell him for a fee or have him as backup is enough value to pay him the same wage he is on for another year.

If your point is this will affect meritocracy then it doesn't have any basis in fact. Lingard, as your rightly pointed out, is a peripheral figure and doesn't even make the substitute bench. The only thing we stand to lose is some money.
 

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I remember on another thread someone who is obviously more business savvy than me, (and Im doing this from memory so might not get it 100% right) said keeping the 'asset' on the books for as long as possible even if not playing, looks good on the finance sheet and keeps the share prices stable. If you offload all your deadwood it looks like asset stripping and can cause the shares to fluctuate irregularly. Keeping and extending the contract isnt for football reasons, its just financial. Thats how the glazers think and run the club. Its all to do with getting the maximum financial benefit.
This wouldn't be true for Lingard as he would have a book value of zero, given he has no acquisition cost. It would be true for Jones / Rojo / Darmian etc who were bought from another club.
 

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I remember on another thread someone who is obviously more business savvy than me, (and Im doing this from memory so might not get it 100% right) said keeping the 'asset' on the books for as long as possible even if not playing, looks good on the finance sheet and keeps the share prices stable. If you offload all your deadwood it looks like asset stripping and can cause the shares to fluctuate irregularly. Keeping and extending the contract isnt for football reasons, its just financial. Thats how the glazers think and run the club. Its all to do with getting the maximum financial benefit.
This wouldn't be true for Lingard as he would have a book value of zero, given he has no acquisition cost. It would be true for Jones / Rojo / Darmian etc who were bought from another club.
Wouldn't be true for either. Transfer fee is amortized over the life of the contract.
 

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I remember on another thread someone who is obviously more business savvy than me, (and Im doing this from memory so might not get it 100% right) said keeping the 'asset' on the books for as long as possible even if not playing, looks good on the finance sheet and keeps the share prices stable. If you offload all your deadwood it looks like asset stripping and can cause the shares to fluctuate irregularly. Keeping and extending the contract isnt for football reasons, its just financial. Thats how the glazers think and run the club. Its all to do with getting the maximum financial benefit.
Something that drains your money without returns is liability not asset.
 

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Just don't get this club. Between Romero and lingard we prob could've got about 20 million or so over the summer window. Plus had their wages off the books. All this while costing us literally nothing on the field. Another year older and another year of not playing only kills their combined value. We keep doing this shit as a club and it adds up
 

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He can easily play for the likes of Fulham , West Ham or Sheff Utd. He will be an upgrade over their existing players. We can get easily 10mil with 1yr left on his contract. The club just got to be a lot more savvy, ruthless and forward thinking when dealing with deadwood.
I think the main issue is where we think Lingard should go and where he thinks he deserves to be and what his salary should be.

If it was as simple as sending him to Fulham on £50k a week it would have happened already
 

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20% chance - £10m+ sale. Seems optimistic in current transfer market but might happen, especially if he goes out on loan this Jan and performs well.

20% chance - £3m to £9m sale. May be what United are expecting to occur.

20% chance - minimal fee that covers the wages United pay Lingard from July to transfer date

20% chance - loan with United having to contribute towards Lingard's salary (cost to United £2m+)

20% chance - Lingard rejects all the offers he gets, deciding to stay until his contract is up (cost to United £5m)

Giving each scenario a 20% chance seems wrong but I don't have a feel for which scenarios are more likely.

Personally, I wouldn't have made use of the + 1 year option as I think his form, his above market rate wages and the current financial state of football clubs makes a sale in the summer problematic to say the least.
 
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Wouldn't be true for either. Transfer fee is amortized over the life of the contract.
It would be true if you bought said player. Say you buy a player for £15m, give him a 5 year contract. Down to £3m with one year left, extend contract by two further years, he'd only go down to £2m in the books instead of down to £0 the following year, so the business has only lost £1m in the P&L compared to £3m (ignoring wages).
 

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It makes sense actually. Either way, we’ll have to pay his wages till the end of this season at least, and this stands us in a better stead to demand a transfer fee. Even if it’s something like £5m, it’s still a good, economical decision. Now, what would be really concerning is if we gave him a 3 year contract next year like we did with TFM.
 

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If we had extended his contract for 4-5 years I'd have said it is the worst thing that happened in 2020 but triggering 1 year option is not that bad. Hopefully he'll be gone at the end of the season though.
 

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You would hope that he has been working on that during training.
He was pretty good for England as well and nobody really wants to see such taken wasted.
Still feel his best would come with a move away despite his contact extension.
At best, he can hope for a impact sub role here. That could be useful if he's motivated. But a change of scenario would do him good after so many years.
 

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This is definitely just an attempt to protect his value.

I remember we did the same for Fellaini in January and he was gone by the summer.
 

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I doubt in this case anger is towards lingard, it is mainly the united board and their idiosyncrasy. Because he is not even appearing on bench means it cannot be a footballing decision, it has to be either financial or emotional. Either is stupid thing to do. It is not like he is poor, he is financially well off and can live happily ever after. He is an expired product so chances of some club paying 10m+ for him is unlikely. Then why keep him on the books? Say thanks for everything and part your ways. That's life.

And if club has 70k+/week to donate then donate that to Rashford's charity ffs.
This
 

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Some of you need to calm down.
He'll be gone for a nice fee either in Jan or the Summer.
 

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We will never get rid of players like him or Jones, with their contract extended till the end of their career
 

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Nice interested in signing him on loan in January according to Sky Sports
 

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Nice interested in signing him on loan in January according to Sky Sports
Of which Lingard isn't interested apparently because the clubs showing interest are Nice and Sheffield United, and he's pitched himself to Inter and Milan. There's a big gap between where he thinks he should be playing and where people know he can play.
 

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Of which Lingard isn't interested apparently because the clubs showing interest are Nice and Sheffield United, and he's pitched himself to Inter and Milan. There's a big gap between where he thinks he should be playing and where people know he can play.
I think there is also going to be a gap in what we hope to get for him, in terms of a transfer fee, and what anyone will be willing to offer at the end of the season.

We have been down this road so many times before with players hanging around too long. We really shouldnt have extended his contract given how large his salary is
 

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I think there is also going to be a gap in what we hope to get for him, in terms of a transfer fee, and what anyone will be willing to offer at the end of the season.

We have been down this road so many times before with players hanging around too long. We really shouldnt have extended his contract given how large his salary is
I think we're happy to get him off the books at this point whatever the cost. I also think he would prefer to run his contract down and secure a move to a bigger team that don't want to pay a transfer fee for an experienced player, which is why we've taken the additional year on his contract to force him out this summer when a bid comes along.
 

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I don't think Lingard will be keen to leave the area he lives due to his family commitments tbh!
 

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I think we're happy to get him off the books at this point whatever the cost. I also think he would prefer to run his contract down and secure a move to a bigger team that don't want to pay a transfer fee for an experienced player, which is why we've taken the additional year on his contract to force him out this summer when a bid comes along.
If we are happy to get rid of him at any price then we shouldnt have renewed his contract and just let him go in summer for free

We have given him a massibe contract and no one else will pay as much so there is a good chance he will just sit out next year or we might have to pay some of it off
 

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I personally dont think he is that bad where he is only attracting the interest of Nice.

It must be his wages but still I feel he could offer something to some clubs; maybe not during a pandemic though.
 

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He’s 28 now too so needs regular football, playing in the french or Italian league would appeal to me if I was him.
 

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Ducker said there hasn’t been any contact with Nice, also says we’re not looking to force him out this month.
 

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If we are happy to get rid of him at any price then we shouldnt have renewed his contract and just let him go in summer for free

We have given him a massibe contract and no one else will pay as much so there is a good chance he will just sit out next year or we might have to pay some of it off
They didn't renew his contract, they trigged a one year extension, which cost United nothing to do. His contract was up in the summer of 2022, not this summer. So he would have been happy to sit on that for 6 months and get himself a free transfer in sorted in January. Now he has to leave this summer or sit on the bench for a full of 18 months, which is career suicide.
 

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Something that drains your money without returns is liability not asset.
That's not how the club sees it. I'm not a finance person, so take this next bit with a grain of salt. To us fans that watch regularly, we firmly believe no one is paying more than 10m for him. However, he is 28, English, and an important member of the squad that got to the semi-finals of the WC 2 years ago. The price for a similar profile player is somewhere between 30m and 50m, which is probably what the club have him down in their books as (maybe even more). I don't think any auditor is going to argue too much with that valuation. So if you take his 3.5m wages, it's still a net positive for the club. If you let him walk away for free, his wages are no longer being paid, but the loss in asset value is greater. Do something similar for 3 or 4 players, even if they are not playing, and the clubs books looks a lot healthier to the shareholders.
 
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I don’t believe that he was. If he goes it’ll be somewhere commutable.
No it won't be. His family issues have been wildly overblown, if that's why you think he has to remain local.
 

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Of which Lingard isn't interested apparently because the clubs showing interest are Nice and Sheffield United, and he's pitched himself to Inter and Milan. There's a big gap between where he thinks he should be playing and where people know he can play.
Reminds me of Danny Rose's conversation with Levy in the docu series :lol: (was the best bit by far)