Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard has become the latest target for Sheffield Wednesday, according to multiple reports.
Lingard has not made his way into the first team this season for United and has fallen further down the pecking order at the club. Louis van Gaal has not called the player up since the pre-season tournament that was held in America.
The exciting youth player was highly rated by the fans and supposedly the manager last season and also just before the current season started as he played him multiple times. In the pre-season game against Barcelona, the 22-year-old actually scored a goal in the game that finished 3-1 in United's favour.
Lingard’s United career has been halted since the introduction of Van Gaal as he has sustained injuries and gone out on loan spells. In Van Gaal’s first game in charge of the Red Devils, Lingard unfortunately sustained a knee injury which stopped him playing for a substantial amount of time.
Lingard sustained a knee injury in Van Gaal's first game
He has been pushed out on multiple loan spells to Leicester, Birmingham, Brighton and Derby in an attempt to efficiently develop him into the player United want but it seems that United want him to develop even more before he is ready for first team football at Old Trafford.
According to reports, the under-21 England international has been approached by Wednesday and many other Championship sides but none of them have been given a response yet.
The Owls are currently sitting in 12th position in the Sky Bet Championship on 12 points but, the club have a minus one goal difference. This may be the reason that they are chasing the attacking threat of Lingard.
Sheffield Wednesday are not having the worst season so far but they obviously think that the need to bolster up their midfield with Premier League talent. They are coming off a 2-1 victory against Brentford at Griffin Park which ended up being the final game for Brentford manager Marinus Dijkhuizen.
