West Ham are facing competition from Leicester City in signing with Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard.
After climbing down the pecking order in
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
’s lineup,
Jesse Lingard
was sent out on a loan deal to seal first-team game time.
David Moyes
has tried his best to secure the 28-year-old’s services until the end of the campaign and it had a significant impact on the Hammers.
are sitting fourth on the
Premier Leaguetable, despite no getting off on the right foot at the beginning of the season.
Lingard has displayed a remarkable performance with scoring four direct goals across four games. Running on a rich vein of form, the midfielder is being linked with a lot of clubs, according to
Eurosport
.
It is also claimed that
Manchester Unitedmay want to have Lingard back to replace
Juan Mata
, who is targeted by Inter Milan, Juventus and Roma.
However, taking into consideration that Solskjaer outcasted him, the England international may prefer to move on.