Former West Ham striker Trevor Sinclair has insisted that Jesse Lingard is now looking “odds on” to go to the Euros this summer.
After falling down the pecking order at Manchester United, Lingard joined West Ham on loan during the winter transfer window.
The Englishman has immediately hit the ground running for the Hammers. He has five goals and two assists from just seven games for them in the Premier League.
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This form has seen him break back into Gareth Southgate’s England squad. He started and got an assist as the Three Lions beat San Marino 5-0 on Thursday night. Sinclair told talkSPORT that Lingard was “superb” against San Marino:
“He was a breath of fresh air with his performance.
“He was fresh, he was hungry, the quality he possessed on the evening was superb.
“He looks hungry and that he is really enjoying his football. I have seen his interview where he said ‘I could have felt sorry for myself and given in.’
“Again another story where you’ve been to the heights and got to a crossroads, you either roll your sleeves up and have a go or feel sorry for yourself and trip over your lip. He has gone for the former.
“He has been brilliant for West Ham. I was not surprised by that performance. He was getting on little angles. He knows when to have one or two touches, his movement and breaking lines off the ball.
“Gareth knows that and will think he could be a key player for England.
“He could have sat at Manchester United and said ‘I should be playing, I’m fit but the gaffer is not giving me an opportunity.’
“He has almost taken that decision away from Ole Gunnar Solskajer, gone out on loan, he knows David Moyes and probably had conversations and said ‘I want to play straight from the off, I am ready, I am fit and raring to go’.
“He has gone in there, talk about hit the ground running and scored a worldie last weekend as well.
“He has come in and taken that confidence, belief and anger – that performance last night, even though he didn’t score, was outstanding. He was up there for man of the match.
“He has played himself into a position where he’s odds on to go.”
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