West Ham leading Jesse Lingard transfer race with Manchester United willing to sanction exit

On the move? Jesse Lingard will be allowed to leave Manchester United this month
Manchester United via Getty Imag

West Ham are interested in signing Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard this month.

David Moyes is keen to add to his squad after a record-breaking first half to the Premier League season and is pushing for a deal with Lingard having been given the green light to leave Old Trafford.

Lingard has made just three appearances for Manchester United this season and played under Moyes during pre-season after the Hammers boss replaced Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013.

Sheffield United and West Brom are also thought to be interested in a loan but the Hammers are in pole position, though it is as yet unclear as to whether they would make a permanent offer or try for a loan themselves.

Before the Hammers can add another loan player this month, either Said Benrahma (Brentford) or Craig Dawson’s (Watford) moves would have to be made permanent as no club is allowed more than two domestic loans at any one time.

West Ham are keen to invest this month following the sale of Sebastien Haller to Ajax for £20million and a striker remains their priority above Lingard, though progress is slow.

Lingard was left out of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s squad to face Liverpool in the FA Cup on Sunday and has been on the fringes for some time in Manchester.

The England international was keen on a move to Tottenham last summer, believing that former United boss Jose Mourinho was interested in bringing him to London if Dele Alli moved on.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in