Nottingham Forest midfielder Jesse Lingard claimed he got “false promises” about playing time during his final season at Manchester United and that he is still unsure of the reasons for his limited usage.
After a productive loan at West Ham United, where he revitalized his career with nine goals and five assists in half a season, Lingard returned to Old Trafford last year.
The 30-year-old played 232 times for his boyhood club but started only two Premier League games last season under former managers Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick before he joined Forest on a free transfer earlier this year.
“I don’t know what the problem was. Whether it was politics or whatever, I still haven’t got an answer to this day,” Lingard told The Telegraph ahead of Forest’s trip to United on Tuesday.
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“I didn’t even ask. I’d rather that someone out of respect for me being there that long told me, ‘This is why you’re not playing’, but I never got that.
“It was false promises. I was training hard and I was sharp, I was ready to play. When you’re working hard in training and don’t play at the end of it, it’s very frustrating.”
Forest are struggling in 19th place but Lingard hopes they can bounce back in the second half of the season.
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