Wonder what WH fans think of him now, choosing a promoted team over them
Jesse Lingard | Seoul singer
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Brian Clough is turning in his grave after that video. What a joke of a player, absolutel clown. Basically a Love Island "star" of football. Gets overpaid for having next to no talent.
That's much more plausible; thanks for filling in the blanks.
Yeah he's actually being prudent with the deal, as he's ensuring he gets paid what he wants, protecting himself from relegation lock in and also still selling himself to other potential suitors. He's basically backing himself to have a blinder of a season, which is the opposite of going there to coast whilst maximising his current earning potential.
If he performs as he's backing himself to, he'll get those bigger contracts at better clubs plus another signing on fee, if he doesn't, he'll still get a signing on fee and be a lower level PL player on a good wage still.
That video is beyond cringe. My god.
If Forrest goes down next year, he'll be off to Saudi for his last big contract.
While the purchases have been good (and FdJ will make it very good), the ones that have left have been good for the club too
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Spent too much time with Pogba - and also believed the hype
So Forest will pay him £200,000 a week? Or “close to £200,000 a week” as the article actually says.
They trying to go right back down? Blow up their wage bill? Destabilize the squad by paying a former international this much per week?
WTF?
They trying to go right back down? Blow up their wage bill? Destabilize the squad by paying a former international this much per week?
WTF?
I highly doubt that unless he has a real stinker of a season and totally ruins his reputation. He still has plenty to offer in my opinion. He was impressive at West Ham and if he can regain some of that form he will be fine.
It's sad that a local lad, not a manc but Warrington is still pretty close, who supported the club.all his life and who scored a screamer in the final to win the FA Cup for us can leave the club and be so unpopular with the fans.
It's a mixture of his own fault and the clubs fault though. He was never good enough, in his 7 years at the club he had one 2 month period in the 17/18 season where he justified playing for Utd and other than that he was rubbish. His off the pitch behaviour was often cringey and embarrassing, he seems incredibly immature. The weird videos of him on holiday humping a pillow, or shouting BEANS over and over, the tiktok dances, the video when West Ham fans were attacking the bus, the fecking clothing range, JLINGZ. Just all horrible shit.
He should have left in the summer of 2019 at the absolute latest. The fact he clung on for another 3 years shows how appallingly ran we are.
Forest should be prepared for a lot of stories from inside the club to start getting leaked now Lingard is there.
It's a mixture of his own fault and the clubs fault though. He was never good enough, in his 7 years at the club he had one 2 month period in the 17/18 season where he justified playing for Utd and other than that he was rubbish. His off the pitch behaviour was often cringey and embarrassing, he seems incredibly immature. The weird videos of him on holiday humping a pillow, or shouting BEANS over and over, the tiktok dances, the video when West Ham fans were attacking the bus, the fecking clothing range, JLINGZ. Just all horrible shit.
He should have left in the summer of 2019 at the absolute latest. The fact he clung on for another 3 years shows how appallingly ran we are.
Forest should be prepared for a lot of stories from inside the club to start getting leaked now Lingard is there.
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I’m indifferent towards most of this but surprised some people hate him. He won us an FA Cup.
Very unlikeable character but I hope he does well for them, I wanted Forest back in the league for years, great club, hope they have a good season.
He is at Forrest clearly because they offered him more ££. So based on that same motivation/reasoning, Saudi next would not be all surprising.
To be fair, a quick Google search shows that only 4 of their players are paid more than £20k a week, many on between 5-15k - I doubt they'd have pay rises that would see them making more than £80k.
Forest, what have you done 
Is he still struggling with mental health issue?
Regression.
The guy is an absolute clown of a human being. A 16 year old trapped in a 29 year olds body. So glad he has left the club. It’s given me mixed emotions though, because I want Forest to do well and stay up. A grand old name of football. Glad to have them back. But I find it almost impossible to root for Lingard. He’s so destestable.
They only signed him for one year, so at least can jettison him immediately if they go down. I think his actual basic wage is closer to 80k per week. The 200k number factors in his signing bonus.
It's the signing on fee bonus that's added to the basic salary.
Surely they haven't given him a big signing bonus for just a 1 year contract?
The whole point of a signing bonus is an incentive for a free agent to sign a long contract. A newly promoted side giving a 7 figure signing bonus to a player signing a 1 year deal sounds literal insanity.
The whole point of a signing bonus is an incentive for a free agent to sign a long contract. A newly promoted side giving a 7 figure signing bonus to a player signing a 1 year deal sounds literal insanity.
Signing on fee bonus + all sorts of clauses like appearance, assist, goal, win bonus and not getting relegated at the end of the season probably add to the 200k
He's their marquee signing afterall
Just look at Aubameyang's from a few seasons ago
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That makes sense, but still don't think Lingard for £80k is terrible business. The Forest players will understand that new signings will expect PL wages
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He was on £75k at United.
He’ll get 2 contracts and 2 signing on payments in space of 12 months. A move driven by money it seems.
Can see him staying in epl beyond this deal. America awaits…just a few more years
Can see him staying in epl beyond this deal. America awaits…just a few more years
He's 29!
Grown men hating on him for the most childish reasons. Sure he posts cringy videos but at least he doesn’t rant scornfully on online forums about it.
All the best to Jesse. The lads done nothing wrong.
All the best to Jesse. The lads done nothing wrong.
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All true. It doesn’t seem very prudent of Forest to commit to spreading the signing-on fee over such a short period as one year though. I suppose it saves them from getting stuck with him in the event that they get relegated and he’s been a flop, but it still looks like poor value for them.
He didn't prove anyone wrong!
He had good stats in a weak league when we bought him..he couldn't cut it at Utd so we sold him to a club in a weaker league and his stats were good again
What does that tell you?
I like Forest and I don’t hate Lingard as much as this forum seems to, so I hope this all works out but… how is he “back”? and where is he back from?
I hope forest get into the relegation zone until they officially post an apology to the football community for not only signing this knob but throwing large sums of money at him.
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More than a little off, if you ask me. I presume it's a short-term deal and he has a release clause if they go down - or he's giving himself one more year in the PL before going to the MLS. In his place, I'd have taken West Ham in a flash
If they get the West Ham version, he could honestly keep them up or outside the relegation dogfight, and if he manages that, he'll have been worth every penny. Don't forget, they're essentially paying him with their PL bonus promotion money. He's a scrutinised investment to that end, which makes sense from their side just as much his and they're covering their bases should they be relegated.
I think people forget that Lingard has more to gain by going there and performing superbly than coasting. He's not just playing for the most he's worth on an open market now; he's playing for his future, and what will be the biggest contract of his career if he delivers for Forest.
If he repeats that West Ham form in an inferior team, his stock will go through the roof because he'll be a certified and bona fide PL performer who has proven he can both carry a team and prove he is worth every penny of a longer term contract.
He should be setting his sights on the likes of Newcastle and that jackpot money. They've not gone bonkers in the market yet and he, at West Ham level, would be very useful for them indeed for a while. Initially a starter, but with a long-term eye on him supplanting him and having come off the bench. If Lingard has the contract he wants, I doubt he'll care enough to kick up a stink by then. He'd be 31 or so by then, also.
This could be one of the smartest moves of the summer for both player and club - a mutually beneficial partnership where they're using each other to achieve an objective. Of course, your perception of such will come down to how good/bad you think Lingard is as a player, and whether you think he can repeat his West Ham exploits with an inferior team, or at all, for that matter.
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Weird to see so much hatred for ManUtd ex player.
Hopefully he does well and Nottingham forest have a good season.
Hopefully he does well and Nottingham forest have a good season.
Agreed. Minus his cringe social media, Lingard has always been a pretty good pl level player.
He could have his own embarrassing social media thread