West Ham captain wants to see Lingard stay next season

No one expected

to make an impact on

’s squad so quickly. He has so far scored three goals and provided one assist in his 4 appearances for West Ham. The player joined the Hammers with a short-term loan deal from

until the end of the season.

, West Ham’s captain is very pleased with the impact of Jesse Lingard and wants him to stay in London permanently.

Quizzed on Lingard by 

, RIce said: “Jesse is a top player. I knew this from when I played with him for England. He’s a ridiculously top, top player.

“You know when you’re playing with a top player, he takes the ball on the half-turn, takes the ball in tight areas, relieves the pressure on you.

“When you give him the ball you know he’s going to do something with it, and obviously what comes with that is he’s got a great personality as well.

“All the lads have really taken to him and I’m so happy we’ve got him here now at West Ham. Hopefully we can do that for much longer for next season as well!”