By Hughie Southon
As a betting man I wouldn’t mind a punt of Jesse Lingard becoming a Hammer over the next few days.
Having now been given a long term opportunity of training at Rush Green, his less than average performance for the team against Ipswich last night may not be something to take over seriously.
For we all know that David Moyes is a big fan and wouldn’t have had him around for this long had he not been keen on bringing him in .
It seems likely to me that the manager will believe the attacking midfielder has had no match action as a reason for the showing in the behind closed doors game.
However, from Lingard’s point of view a move to the Irons may not be a great idea given the amount of midfield talent we now have at the club.
His move to Nottingham Forest last season can be considered a failure and he may now be regretting the decision not to return to us.
Regardless of that – where’s the bookie?
Well I really hope not. This bloke has performed well very briefly for us two years ago, whilst trying to impress Man U still remember. Since then, he snubbed us with Moyes practically begging him to sign, had a useless season for Forest dropped for many games, and now he’s trying to get back in here? It’s only Moyes weird love that keeps him anywhere near joining us now – why sign Paqueta, Ward-Price, Alvarez, Kudos in that time, on top of Benrahma, Fornals, Cornet, Coventry, and yet cling to the ‘potential’ of Lingard? No no no thanks.