Jesse Lingard’s Manchester United contract extended by one year | Football News

Jesse Lingard has had the one-year possibility on his Manchester United contract triggered.

The 28-year-old’s contract now runs till the summer season of 2022.

Earlier this month, Sky Sports activities Information reported Lingard’s representatives have been exploring mortgage choices for the United midfielder in January, with Actual Sociedad one of many golf equipment they’ve held preliminary talks with.

His representatives held talks with a number of golf equipment in England and Europe in the summertime, however a move did not materialise.

Lingard has not featured within the Premier League or Champions League this season regardless of making the squad for each competitions.

Manchester United supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lately revealed Lingard has needed to self-isolate on multiple
event lately.

“He is been working laborious in coaching,” the United boss mentioned. “He is been unlucky with having to isolate a number of occasions, been in touch, or shut contact with Covid, not even having it himself.

“He is been very unfortunate being away from the coaching floor a number of occasions. He works actually laborious.”

Man Utd’s focus on summer

Sky Sports activities assesses Manchester United’s January switch window plans…

Teenage Atalanta winger Amad Diallo has been granted a passport forward of his pending £37.2m switch and progress is being made on acquiring a Governing Physique Endorsement. The Ivorian’s arrival will safe the right-wing berth that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been seeking to fill.

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However United are prioritising the summer season window with regards to additional incomings – together with a brand new centre-back and probably a right-back, plus a defensive midfielder have been Paul Pogba to go away.

Odion Ighalo’s time on the membership will come to an finish on January 31 however, as Solskjaer has hinted, makes an attempt will likely be made to increase the deal of one other striker in Edinson Cavani.

Different dwell points are the futures of Brandon Williams, Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones and Sergio Romero.

Williams, who has attracted interest from Southampton, might be able to go away on mortgage to get video games, whereas United could be eager to get Rojo, Jones and Romero off their books.