Him not joining West Ham was a tad bit odd and coming to know that they were interested and turned it down was just bluntly disappointing. He gelled so well with the hammers and I can't help but think he's a bit problematic

Nothing happened to him. He has always been a social media influencer and a part-time footballer.

As Jose Mourinho said "do you know many of united players that left the club last season? see where they play, how they play, IF THEY PLAY"

I will never forget Lingardinho at West Ham he was so fire 🔥🔥🔥

Lingard can get a club, even in the PL as currently constituted. He just has to lower his demands and expectations because sometimes life comes at you like that and you gotta humble yourself to get another shot

What happened to Dele? What happened to Lingard? Looking forward to a year from now, what happened to Sancho?

Lingard is a huge mash up of everything wrong with modern footballers

The Lingard case is a perfect example of poor representation and lack of seriousness: 1. Poor representation: Lingard's agent / brother manages him or atleast used to during his last years at United. When he came back from his super successful West Ham loan, United were ready to sanction a sale. There were suitors too - West Ham were interested among other PL clubs and I believe Lingard was ready to go back. His minders however, kept telling him he was undervalued i.e. needed to be paid more (like over 100k a week) and potentially deserved Champions League football. That seems a bit much for someone who just had a good 4-month spell (you need consistency). The agent also went on record saying that with 1-yr left on his contract "they held all the chips". That is quite ridiculous - so much talent out there and you don't hold chips when you've had the stop-start career Lingard has. So, they squandered that opportunity and he sat on the bench. Even in Jan, they wanted United to send him on loan / release him so they could get a better pay day from a club not having to pay transfer fees. Why would United agree to these demands - and they ended up keeping him after the Greenwood news. 6-months on, he was a free agent and there were a lot of suitors - but his value had diminished since he'd been a benchwarmer for a year. Again, his representation over valued him - turned down multi-year contracts from good clubs because they wanted crazy money. They would get crazy money (>100k a week) ONLY from Forest and it was a one year. Why would you sign a one-year deal as a 30yr-old when you have clubs like Newcastle, Fulham offering multi-year contracts. Yes, lower pay but more stable clubs (remember Forest were just promoted and signed ~15 players that summer). Again - bad representation. Clearly more money turned out to be less money in the long-term - he is now without a contract. 2. Lack of seriousness: Players cannot choose to turn up when they want to. It's about consistency and working hard all the time. You can't work hard for a few months and live off that. He's been late to training, faked minor injuries and his time on social media is shockingly high - nope, not some PR company doing social stuff, Lingard himself spends a lot of time on UKposts and IG. Maybe being friends with the wrong folks - Pogba, Sancho etc., impacted him, but as a serious footballer, you got to be 'ON' all the time. De Bruyne, Fernandes - players he was compared to during his West Ham spell - compare their seriousness for football to Lingard. Have you seen them post prank videos with teammates. Lingard also annoyed United pushing for them to give him some UKposts exclusivity for content - again, another sign of non-seriousness from a footballing standpoint. a lot of talent, I really wish he had channeled it better or atleast had the right minders to advise to focus on what's important. I am hearing Rashford has similar minders not giving him the best advise. Sad!

My Dad used to call him "100k", a reference to his weekly salary. At the time, he earned more than Salah. He turned down West Ham because they offered him a lower salary. Forest offered him a slightly higher salary on a one year contract. The guy saw contractless Sanchez join United on 500k a week and thought that would be him.

I remember reading that his goal celebration was designed to promote his clothing brand. I concluded that his mind might not be wholly on football.

The fact remains that Lingard is an average player, clubs would be willing to sign him for reasonable salary, but he wants to get a ridiculous salary

Excellent young prospect - long future ahead of him 🙌🏼

Still a young upcoming talent at 31! What a feat!

He made the worst mistake of his career by not signing permanently with West Ham after the successful loan spell. He should never have believed Ole, saying he'd get game time. But Lingard is probably just happy that he got to play with Ronaldo

He has himself to blame!! He decided to join Nottingham because of the wages even though West Ham were willing to welcome him with open arms and the fans loved him.

He disappointed many by not staying at West Ham. The only reason he went to Forest was more money. He was first choice and was playing well. He had stability and didnt want it

As far as i am concerned it was a mistake to sign him a total waste of money. And it annoys me when other forest fans say he was good for the team because he was good support on the sidelines. I am sorry but he wasn't employed to be a chairleader he was employed to assist in keeping forest up. He was more interested in his social media endeavours than he was for us.

“The United players that left the club - see where they play, how they play, if they play.” Jose Mourinho

How do you not mention the best example of this. ISCO. He waited and waited and he’s now been MOTM 12x

Surely the worst of all options was to choose nothing and spend over 6 months regressing and declining professionally?

His biggest mistake was not going to Westham permanently. He found the form of his life there, where the team made him better and he made the team better. As a Man Utd fan I've always wanted to see Jesse do well and I think that was a match made in heaven. I don't like how much hate the guy gets because of social media. Jesse has a big heart and is a good guy, from stopping randomly to have a kick around with kids who recognised him pass in his car to that time after he scored the winner in the FA Cup, turning up to where United fans were drinking and buying everyone a few pints and staying and mingling with everyone. I hope his next move is good for him and he's happy, he deserves it, best of luck to him 👏

This is what happens when a footballer becomes a social media "influencer". Him and Pogba are good examples

Not joining West Ham was his biggest mistake!. He was so good that year!

If only he pushed to join West Ham permanently in 2021 instead of believing Ole, then he would have been a club legend for West Ham. At Manchester United he did play his best football under Mourinho but under Ole he failed to score and assist for 18 months and under Moyes at West Ham on loan he was enjoying himself again. Last season made a poor move to Nottingham instead of joining West Ham on a free and done nothing like no goals and no assists. Now his career is in limbo with no clubs pursuing his signature. It's sad. I always enjoyed watching Lingard at Manchester United especially when Mourinho truly got the best of him.

it really is amazing what level ex-United players play at

just another footballer that cared about social media more than their football career

He's heading to Korea now. Wow.

Remember the WestHam Lingard

He, sancho and rashford. What a trio

Always feel like he’s younger than he is , crazy to think he might retire soon

He's a perfect example of someone who gives more importance to social media than his football career

The moment he started referring to himself a J-Lingz it was over. That’s the point his 100% focus on football died. He was average anyway. Had about 2 good seasons.

Seems simplistic but to me Lingard was always one of those legend in his own mind players. Someone who thought he could make it somewhere like United and someone who wanted to be a Ronaldo or a Messi without the hard work and focus on the football that those types of players have.

Him not joining West Ham was his downfall... he could've been a star there....

This feels like the type of video his agent asked you to do. Pumping him up when it reality his last spell at forrest was very poor. He's not cut out for the big leauges anymore should take a championship or mls contract

The most amazing thing about lingard is that despite only ever being an average prem player, he still somehow makes millions of people feel the urge to make comments about how average he was.

He did the United special.

Welcome to FC Seoul, Seoul Korea 🥹👊🏻

Ayo, the audio is in spanish now? This is great and well made👏

Sad if he went to West Ham all would have been well

Please, do a video on Zagallo! His tactical contributions, both as a player and as a manager, aren't talked about enough!

he just looked different for man utd on the field towards the end, yet he found his spark that he had before at west ham and had that permanent cheeky smile he had before. it was mistake not staying there had he done so i think moyes would have made full use of him.

32 caps for England and I can barely remember anything he did in that shirt.

What "undoubted talent"? I think that's one of the key problems. There never was any reason to judge Jesse as being a highly talented player. He never was, he just was paid like one by the embarrassingly poor management at Man United. He was always a mediocre player with 2 or 3 very good performances per season. His talent is very "doubtable".

Loved watching Lingard at west ham, he was a perfect fit for them and should of stayed there. But he was sold dreams and had the chance to play with his idol back at united. I feel sorry for him about that. But he should have gone back to west ham when he was a free agent in 2022

As as United fan, I have very rarely been impressed with him. His time at West Ham was over hyped, scoring a few counters against weakened teams that seemed to be his only highlight.

Even if he is good enough to get into a squad, any club would be stupid to touch him. He alienates fans and I’d guess he does the same to senior squad members.

Always a legend in his own mind only. Will start a rapping career before long alongside his clothing brand. What a do do.

I believe joining West Ham United would have been the best move at the time for him. Then again, regardless of how this plays out, he has had an okay career - at least, when compared to another of ours, a certain Ravel Morrison.

I’d say I noticed the trend with Ozil (though his happened while at a club) and a few others. They are players with ability but at a high price point. The price (wages etc) is one only the biggest teams will pay or a small or medium team would only pay for a player they are absolutely sure would perform and raise their level. The need to keep big players with huge contracts usually leads to such contracts and if performances dip or injury sets in or manager/ play style change, you have a big player with a big contract or a free agent with significant demands.

He stopped caring about being a footballer and just wanted to be a star instead.He could get a club if he really wanted to.

If Lingard is going for the MLS, it would suit his brand and style of play. As long as he spends his time remaining fit, he should be fine for whichever team he ends up joining.

Iam waiting for another interview where he blames depression and refuses to take any accountability.

Exciting young player, great career ahead of him

Dayum, almost every year "What happened to Jesse Lingard?" pops into my youtube feed

now he is coming to Korea and to my beloved club fc seoul. as a Korean i'm still shocked and confused haha. i mean to Fc seoul? really?

0:04 - 30 months ago* he hasn't got the chops to play at the highest level. I said he'd be great for the MLS when we released him. He can go out there and have fun on social media, rub shoulders with b-tech celebs, he doesn't have to integrate language-wise and the league's poor enough that he could actually do somewhat well there

Sad waste of talent really, especially when you consider Andrés Townsends situation where he fought back from a terrible ACL without a club and has worked so hard. Townsend seems to really appreciate Luton Town, which with great respect is a step down from his former employers although still top flight. I doubt that AT was ever on the same level of salary though.

Much the same what happened to players that drift like him....ego and stubbornness with some injuries involved

The lad was a lifelong United fan who wanted to chance to go back and be a part of his boyhood club again It was said that Solksjaer told him he would feature in the first team at United after impressing at West Ham & they didn't want to sell him to a team they saw as a "rival" at the time either so him going back to United wasn't strange at all. He joined Forest over West Ham when his contract expired for money. They offered a bigger salary and massive bonuses as mentioned which West Ham simply weren't willing to match given his form has been notoriously inconsistent

make a video for mattias zindelar’s austria of 1930’s

Tbh not every footballer sees football as a passion but rather as a job So some people, like Lingard, just wanted to get out of poverty and once they get that, they are happy and that all

It’s a good point, I think footballers followed the lead of those that went before them, you needed another contract as your wages wouldn’t keep you forever…as the wages, even in the earlier PL days, while higher than average, weren’t life changing…they’re now realising that they can just sit back and wait…they don’t NEED to work for a few years…they know there will always be the MLS, the Saudi league and even desperate promoted clubs who need a big name

It's easy to envisage quite a few members of the current Man Utd squad ending up in this situation.

"See how they play, where they play, IF they play".

Jose Mourinho said something along the lines of ... See where United's former players play, if they play. Man was right all along about our decline. Football heritage.

life is all about choices, lingardinho was doing good at west ham, but decided to go back to manu to be benched again for a whole year. he didn't do much at not forrest to earn a good place anywhere else

bro trying to get that Miami move

Why mostly former United players?

For me he is still a young prospect

You know your career is messed up when Tifo football makes a video about you! 😂

I always had a lot of time for Jesse Lingard as a United fan but Jesse is everything that is wrong with modern day football. Not a team player, doesn't take his job seriously, thinks the world revolves around him and that he is the main character, doesn't put in extra work, thinks just because he was gifted with the talent of playing football that he is better than everyone else. He shunned all the older players at Man United thinking they were old and out of touch and along with Pogba poisoned some of the younger players in the squad as they were "cool and trendy" players that were outgoing. The best thing United ever did was let him and Pogba go and are now trying to bring in professionals who take their job seriously. There is a reason Lingard is still unemployed, nobody wants to deal with a prima dona who thinks he is world class when his attitude is stinking.

That illustration is doing Lingard soooo dirty 😂😂

Lingard overvalues himself. If he lowered his demands, he could find a club. Comebacks are possible, no matter the reason for the time off. There are all kinds of openings out there. Willian at Fulham, Andros Townsend at Luton at two examples.

I remember seeing him zip this insane diagonal ball across his backyard towards a wheelie bin (well over 40yrs) during the pandemic and it rattled the rim but popped out. His response: “I’ll take that.” His career in a nutshell.

He joined FC Seoul of K League 1

When Lingard did ehat he did fkr West Ham, United wanted him for another year, the Ronaldo year. The attack was too stacked for him to fit anywhere and he just never played. United ruined his momentum not once, but twice. I thought I was going to see a beast at Nottingham, but what happened, happened.

The streets will never forget ligatd at west ham

he has the balls to ask for more than the saudi clubs offered him, so that’s a loss for him

The same thing that happened to Dele Alli. Lack of maturity. All I remember him doing at the 2018 World Cup semifinal was incessantly yelling at the referee. Edit: The guy refused to join Newcastle at the start of last season because they wanted to pay him 120k per week but he was adamant he wanted 180k. Bad decision Jesse.

I notice how much like Dele Alli, this is another player dubbed 'lazy' who was never lazy on the pitch, any time you watched Lingard in his younger years he would cover ground, pressure, harry defenses and track back, he was never 'lazy' and his best qualities on the pitch were the opposite of 'laziness' Mourinho would frequently use him as a substitute against tiring opposition for this very reason, it is a lazy and incorrect criticism.

Lingard was an overhype player since the beginning just cause he was a bright English talent that showed some potential

Where's the Greenwood video

Gio dos Santos is also a player that hasn’t had a club in like 2 years, a Mexico GOAT

wait lingard is 31, I thought he was still in his 20s

Lingard to Luton has an interesting ring in my mind

Still waiting for the Video about how good Zidane, Beckam, Kaka, Van Persy were!

Overhyped, overpaid with an underwhelming attitude.. Had two career highlights: a excellent spell for Utd before the 2018 World Cup which got him in the Mondial squad and played very well during a short loan period at West Ham in 2021. Apart from this mediocrity has characterized his performances. Totally failed at Forest and not wanted in Saudi or at West Ham for a second spell tells the story. He is a close friend of Rashford; that explains the rest.

Appreciated his tenure at united

"The life of quote 'JLingz'." was more than enough of a statement to highlight the problem.

It's a strange situation really because he did a lot for Forest off the pitch last season, especially a forest that wasn't used to top flight football. But unfortunately he did very little on it.

Hope the young fella bounces back, got a lot of potential

He’s still young, give him some time to grow and in a few years he will be in his prime 😊

Man, I forgot all about Lord Lingardinho until this video. Where is he at now, I dont even know.

Instagram player, who is over hyped because he is English. 31 years old and had only 4 months that he actually played well and consistently. His biggest enemy is his ego, plus his phone. Social media addiction is not a good combo with being a professional athlete. I don't think if he was another nationality, he would have had those ridiculously high contracts at UTD or the patience with his development plus protection from the poachers on the English press. I repeat: 31 years old only had a brief spell at west ham. He is championship level at most at this point, or if he's lucky, a big contract in Saudi or Turkey.

Needed to put some time into perfecting the dab

Come on Everton! Do this deal! You need a creator when Doucoure isn't available! Dyche do this deal!!!

him posting on instagram all the time is a clue about whats important to him

Sometimes when I’m being offered a job that I don’t like but also don’t want to personally decline, I just ask for a price so ridiculous that even the Saudis would laugh at. I’m sure that for a man as rich as Lingard, he’ll do the same thing.

Whatever the reasons fundamentally a football player who is not that bothered about playing is not one you should want at your club.