What a season has it been for Jesse Lingard. Snubbed off by Manchester United and then played football of his life at London Stadium with the Hammers – on loan at West Ham in the second half of last season he scored nine goals and provided five assists in 16 games.And now, expectedly, interest for the 28-year-old significantly soared.If Manchester United decide to let him go this summer – new Spanish champions Atletico Madrid are ready to join the race to sign Lingard.Once one of United biggest academy prospects, Lingard has reported back for pre-season training at Old Trafford amid doubts over his future.Arsenal after PSG’s defender; See-saw with Brighton’s Ben White shifts focus to German Thilo KehrerAnd according to 90min, Atletico have expressed an interest to bring in the attacking all-arounder.However, with the England star keen to move in the search of regular game time, West Ham are still keen on signing Lingard.With just a year left on his current contract, Lingard is due to hold talks with Man United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer .As far as money goes – two English sides have some work to do if they decide to win Lingard over. Manchester United are prepared to offer Lingard a new deal worth USD180,000-a-week while West Ham struggling to meet the asking price of 34.5 million USD.In addition, if Lingard signs the contract United will have the option to trigger another year on his deal.##EDITORS_CHOICE##United’s home grown, Lingard has made 210 appearances for the club and in that time scored 33 goals.Even though he fell out of favour at United, he could now be set for an extended stay at the club since his plan is to regain his place in the England national team.Lingard was initially called up in Gareth Southgate’s provisional 33-man squad for Euro 2020 but eventually fell out for the final selection of 26 players that appeared at the tournament.
