Ex-Man United star Lingard told he’s ‘overpricing himself’ amid West Ham links

It’s been over a month since Jesse Lingard left Manchester United following the end of his contract, and he’s yet to find a new club.

But whilst the 29-year-old has been enjoying having some down time flying out to New York and Paris and making TikToks, the star been warned he is ‘overpricing himself’ in his bid to secure his next career move.

That’s the opinion of talkSPORT pundit and former Premier League defender Danny Mills.

Mills was alongside talkSPORT’s Shebahn Aherne on Tuesday’s Kick Off, and said the fact no clubs have jumped at the chance to sign Lingard as a free agent this summer spoke volumes.

“If he was that important and teams thought he was that good, he would’ve been signed by now,” he said.

“He’s be snapped up, whether it be £150k, £200k-a-week.

“If they thought he was good enough they’d go for it because it’s a free transfer.

“He’s clearly overpriced himself and people are going ‘no, not for us, I think we’ll wait and see’ and ‘yeah, good luck mate if you think you can get it’.”

Lingard was and continues to be linked with a move back to West Ham, where he was sent out on loan in the second half of the 2020/21 season.

The Hammers had been keen to sign him permanently after he lit up their attack from midfield, scoring nine goals in 16 starts for them. United then priced him at £25m that summer.

Reports then suggested the Red Devils’ valuation of Lingard dropped to £10m the following January, but no team bit and he ended up staying put to see out his contract at Old Trafford.

Lingard made just 16 appearances in the Premier League for United last season, which was a far cry away from the amount of game time he was getting a few years before.

And Mills believes Lingard runs the risk of being too unrealistic with his current wage demands and missing out on a move.

He continued: “But all the big teams now are starting to make signings, so where does he go?

“You have to be careful. I think he may run out of time and he might just have to suddenly take a bit of a last-ditch one.”