{"id":580733,"date":"2021-01-29T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=580733"},"modified":"2021-01-29T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T21:39:00","slug":"west-ham-complete-signing-of-jesse-lingard-from-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/29\/west-ham-complete-signing-of-jesse-lingard-from-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham United Complete Signing of Jesse Lingard From Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/west-ham\/\" target=\"_self\">West Ham United <\/a> have completed the signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/810e3c74\/Jesse-Lingard\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesse Lingard<\/a>. The England international joins on loan until the end of the season and re-unites with former boss David Moyes.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have allowed the England midfielder to leave on a temporary basis after struggling to break into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side and rejuvenate his career.<\/p>\n<h2>Jesse Lingard Completes Loan Switch to West Ham United<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JLingz is a Hammer \ud83e\udd18 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcomeJesse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WelcomeJesse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NXEk9xirbz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/NXEk9xirbz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 West Ham United (@WestHam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WestHam\/status\/1355266971890294788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>High Interest in Lingard<\/h3>\n<p>The interest in Lingard was high, but the Hammers are said to have beaten stiff competition to sign the 24-times capped England international and are set to pay a \u00a31 million loan fee. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Newcastle United<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/west-brom\/\" target=\"_self\">West Bromwich Albion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/sheffield-united-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_self\">Sheffield United<\/a> were also interested in the 28-year-old, along with several unnamed European clubs.<\/p>\n<p>After the midweek wins at fellow Londoners <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_self\">Crystal Palace<\/a>, high flying Hammers moved into the top four ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/tottenham\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/everton\/\" target=\"_self\">Everton<\/a>. West Ham has been in excellent form and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/19\/jesse-lingard-set-to-stay-at-manchester-united-after-nice-cool-interest\/\" target=\"_self\">Lingard<\/a> could be in contention to face Jurgen Klopp\u2019s Liverpool on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>All of Lingard\u2019s opportunities this season have come in cup competitions; and none in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<h3>Said Benrahma Transfer Moved Forward to Allocate Space<\/h3>\n<p>David Moyes\u2019 side brought the signing of Algerian winger <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/5a04fd92\/Said-Benrahma\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Said Benrahma<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/16\/west-bromwich-albion-celtic-and-brentford-target-preston-north-end-midfielder-ben-pearson\/\" target=\"_self\">Brentford<\/a> forward to facilitate the signing of Lingard. The deal now becomes permanent for a fee of around \u00a320 million, plus \u00a35 million in add ons which is likely to be paid in instalments.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the Premier League rules only permit clubs to have a maximum of two domestic signings. Benrahma initially and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/3e9e06cb\/Craig-Dawson\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Dawson<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/watford\/\" target=\"_self\">Watford<\/a> moved to the London Stadium on loan.<\/p>\n<p>The Hammers continue to work productively in the last days of the January Transfer Window. They remain in the market for a striker after selling <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/ba115a40\/Sebastien-Haller\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sebastien Haller<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/08\/haller-joins-ajax\/\" target=\"_self\">Ajax<\/a>. In recent weeks they have shown interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/bournemouth\/\" target=\"_self\">Bournemouth<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/43458538\/Joshua-King\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joshua King<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/11\/eddie-nketiah-staying-says-arteta\/\" target=\"_self\">Reims<\/a>\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/244bc2c8\/Boulaye-Dia\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boulaye Dia<\/a>. They also had a rejected bid of \u00a325 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/21\/sevilla-reject-west-ham-united-offer-for-striker-youssef-en-nesyri\/\" target=\"_self\">Sevilla<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/04e17fd5\/Youssef-En-Nesyri\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youssef En-Nesyri<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"1oX58CAhTmFfCWv67tO1Xg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1230730736\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'1oX58CAhTmFfCWv67tO1Xg',sig:'bCjf6C5vXEbiBfoWf-Q6b_n8Jrdm3npKvISju9oNU2A=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1230730736',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Ham United have completed the signing of Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard. The England international joins on loan until the end of the season and re-unites with former boss David Moyes. The Red Devils have allowed the England midfielder to leave on a temporary basis after struggling to break into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3660,"featured_media":580785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2,18,3,28],"tags":[1132,36,40,1179,304,136],"class_list":["post-580733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-ham","category-featured","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-jesse-lingard","tag-manchester-united","tag-premier-league","tag-transfer-news","tag-west-ham-united","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}