Jesse Lingard has admitted that he was ‘p*ssed’ when Manchester United pulled the plug on a loan move to Newcastle in January 2022.
The 30-year-old had been frozen out of the first team picture at Old Trafford and was desperate to revive his stalling career with a move to the North East.
But despite a move being all but agreed, Lingard received a phone call from director of football John Murtough then put an end to his hopes of joining the Magpies.
“I wanted to go on loan in January, because I wasn’t playing – again – and Newcastle was on the cards,” Lingard revealed on The Diary Of A…
