Lingard reveals who advised him to leave Man Utd for West Ham

The International break is on and most football players are already back to their country to help in one international match or the other.

However a Man Utd player, Jesse Lingard in a recent statement has revealed that England coach, Gareth Southgate advised him to leave Old Trafford for West Ham.

Recall that Lingard left Man Utd for West Ham in the January transfer window after he was unable to get playing chances under coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

According to Lingard, he disclosed he communicated his challenges with Southgate and the English coach advised he was better off away from Man Utd.

He revealed that this prompted him to push for a loan to join the Hammers in January.

Joining West Ham has been a turnaround for Lingard as he already has five goals and two assists in his first seven league games which helped him earn a recall to the England squad.

”He’s shown a lot of support and belief in me, he gave me my England debut, which I’m proud of,” Lingard told talkSPORT of Southgate.

“I still kept in contact with him even though I wasn’t playing, just to get his advice on what I should do,” he added.