Ralf Ragnick explains why the club decided to not let go Jesse Lingard to Newcastle United.
Jesse Lingard wanted to leave Manchester United this transfer window and were close to joining Newcastle on the deadline day.
But Mason Greenwood’s arrest after assault allegations changed Rangnick’s mind in United’s plan of moving forward.
The manager said: “In a way, yes, but the club told me, the board told me, they couldn’t find an agreement with any clubs interested in him. With the window closing Monday evening the board informed me they would rather he stay, so I could understand and accept.
“It was two things. We had a problem with Mason Greenwood and being without a player for the time being who hasn’t played in weeks and the club not finding an agreement with another club.”
The manager himself revealed that Jesse Lingard wanted to leave in January to get more game time in his professional career.
He said: “Three weeks ago, Jesse didn’t want to leave, then he changed his mind, I had a chat with him 10 days ago and I could fully understand why he wanted to leave to get game time for his future and the World Cup and I told him if he finds a club and the club find a solution with our club I would allow him to leave.
“But with all the developments, things changed, we also had no agreement with any other club so we had to take a final decision as the board and keep Jesse until the end of the season.”
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