Jesse Lingard is set to depart Manchester United this summer as a free agent in controversial fashion after a difficult final season at Old Trafford – and he’s not the first player to leave the club on a sour note.
Lingard had a productive loan spell at West Ham United last season, and was reportedly keen on a permanent move but United blocked any potential move for him and gave him just two league starts this campaign.
The 29-year-old is out of contract and has been linked with a number of big moves, including a return to West Ham, but the circumstances around his lack of playing time will mean he leaves the club on a sour note after coming through their youth academy.
Lingard’s brother also made comments on his Instagram which did not reflect well on the club, and this meant that the Englishman asked his manager Ralf Rangnick to be excused from first-team training and the matchday squad for United’s game against Chelsea.
“To start with, in the last couple of weeks under my tenure he has played far more games than he used to,” Rangnick explained in his press conference in response to Lingard’s brother.
“Number two, on game day against Chelsea he asked me to release him from the game and training the following day for personal family reasons.”
An ugly situation, but not the first one at Manchester United. Here’s seven other players who left the club in a less than ideal way.
Angel Di Maria
A highly anticipated club-record arrival from Real Madrid in 2014, the Argentinian attacking midfielder failed to settle in Manchester, and despite registering five goals and 10 assists in his first season, requested to leave the club.
Di Maria even purposely skipped United’s pre-season trip to USA without the club knowing why before joining PSG just a year after his arrival, and the 34-year-old is still disliked by the Old Trafford faithful to this day.
“My problem at Manchester was the coach,” Di Maria explained in 2021. “Van Gaal was the worst…
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