Rangnick Reveals Why He Kept Lingard at Manchester United

DBasia.news – Manchester United took an unpopular decision from a financial perspective by keeping Jesse Lingard. Despite the threat of losing the player for free, the Red Devils have strong reasons to keep Lingard at Old Trafford.

With the contract extension situation at a stalemate, the winter transfer window is Manchester United’s last chance to earn money from the sale of Jesse Lingard. The good news, a number of teams such as Newcastle United and West Ham United showed interest.

However, Manchester United chose to reject offers from the two clubs. Not surprisingly, the question raised what underlies the Red Devils dared to take the risk of releasing Lingard on a free transfer.

Indeed, Ralf Rangnick has given the green light for Lingard to change clubs. However, there are some issues that make this difficult to do.

“Three weeks before, Lingard did not want to leave. However, he changed his mind when I spoke to him 10 days ago. I can understand the reason because he wants to play for the future and the World Cup,” explained Rangnick as reported by the Manchester Evening News.

“I told him that he could leave on the condition that he found a new club and Man United found a solution. However, things changed. We did not reach an agreement with another club so we had to take the decision to keep Lingard until the end of the season.”

“With the transfer closing on Monday night, management told me they would prefer Lingard to stay. So, I can understand and accept,” he added.

In addition, Man United’s decision was also based on the problems that befell Mason Greenwood. Therefore, Lingard must be maintained to maintain the depth of the squad.

“Those are two things. We have a problem with Greenwood. The club is missing a player who will be out for a long time and fail to reach an agreement with another team,” explained the coach.