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West Ham are continuing to negotiate with Manchester Unite in a bid to bring Jesse Lingard to the London Stadium.
The Old Trafford club are understood to want in the region of a £1.5 million loan fee for the five month spell he would be at the Hammers.
And in fairness that is perhaps excessive for a player who has not figured in the first team this season.
There is no little doubt that Moyes is very keen indeed to bring the attacking midfielder in and is also still looking for a striker.
One would have to be harsh to consider Lingard a poor option with England international appearances behind him but it’s probably reasonable to expect the Hammers to want a fee closer to £1 million plus paying his wages.
As is usually the case at this time in the window we can probably now expect this to go down to the final hours.
How or why is Lingard a priority?? We are already over-stocked with AMs and Wingers!
We NEED a Box-To-Box midfielder and/or a Defensive Midfielder!
Who plays if SOUCEK gets injured/suspended? Likewsie RICE? If Soucek or Rice become unavailable our season could unravel!
We’ve been very fortunate they have played almost every minute so far.
I think we should walk away.
History says these 6 month loan deals are a waste of money.
They take 4-5 weeks to get fit, play around 5-6 sub appearances and maybe 3-4 games.
Thought we were getting away from wasting money on short term fixes, not even sure it’s a fix.
Got to wonder if he is even match fit – no first team appearances this season? Surely we can’t fall for it again, can we? Big loan fee, 75 grand a week wages – if he can’t hit the ground running? I just had an Andy Carroll shiver, not to mention the ex-Arsenal golden sick note!!!
Great player. Unlikely a great fit.
The team dynamic is everything at present.
What would be the purpose of the loan? Another renaissance like Walcott? Who is he replacing? ManU looked half dead against Sheffield yesterday and he can’t break into that squad?
A loan is better than buying, but his wages are too high.