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Having emptied Hammers' bank account completely, in addition to leaving the club with a MASSIVE repayment schedule, ex-manager Manuel Pellegrini now wants to take advantage of one of his previous 'excesses'. Nothing wrong with that, given what other ex-managers have done to their previous clubs.

"Nothing to see here, now move on please" is the phrase much beloved of 'Coppers' in old black and white movies, as they attempt to move onlookers on from the scene of a crime. There have been so many column inches devoted to Jesse Lingard's departure from Manchester United that we are inclined to use the old copper's advice.

If ever there was an indication that the relationship between Jesse Lingard and Manchester United has reached its breaking point, Ralf Rangnick's decision to not even include Lingard in the Manchester United squad to play Brentord was surely more than a pointer that the midfielder will be on his way out of Old Trafford, BEFORE the end of the January window.