Man United should negotiate a deal with Aston Villa that brings Jack Grealish to Old Trafford, with Jesse Lingard heading the other way, according to Luke Chadwick.
Grealish has long been rumoured with a move to Man United. He has struggled with injuries of late, but he has still had a brilliant season. He has six goals and ten assists from his 22 Premier League outings.
While the Villa man has been out, Lingard has enjoyed a career resurgence on loan with West Ham. He has nine goals and three assists from just eleven league outings.
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Lingard’s future at United is uncertain as he looks for assurances over his playing time. Former Man United man Chadwick has told Caught Offside that a swap deal with Greslish and Lingard would work for both parties:
“I think Jesse Lingard, since his loan to West Ham, has probably been the best player in the Premier League for the past six, eight weeks. It’s been fantastic for him and has perhaps shown that it is time for him to move on to pastures new.
“If that was possible, and Lingard gets to play week in, week out at a club like Aston Villa, and Man United can attract one of the best players in the league in Jack Grealish, who’s got a huge future in front of him, that could be a fantastic piece of business on both sides.”
Jesse Lingard says he came close to taking a ‘timeout’ from football during lockdown as he battled mental health issues and his mother’s depression.
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“I did [have run-ins with him] but only because of the amount of respect I had for him, because of how much he wanted to win and what a captain he was.
“The sign of a great captain is when your team is in trouble, you’ve got 70,000 or 80,000 fans looking at you, you’ve got millions all around the world looking at you.
“Probably more importantly, you’ve got your team-mates and your manager looking at you to do something to get us out of trouble.
“Whether that be a tackle, a pass or a goal, whatever that may be and that’s what great captains do – and that’s what Roy Keane was.
“He was a great leader and he led his team to so many victories, to so many trophies and he epitomised everything great about Man Utd at that time.”
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