Jesse Lingard has revealed he is in talks to extend his stay at boyhood club Manchester United.
The 24-year-old will have 12 months remaining on his exiting United deal in the summer and Jose Mourinho’s side are keen to tie down his best years.
Lingard isn’t a first-team regular under Mourinho but has often proved decisive in big moments for the Red Devils in the last two campaigns and has now revealed talks are underway for a new contract.
“The contract is still ongoing with talks at the moment,” Sky Sports quote Lingard as saying. “I enjoy playing for Man United and my heart is at Man United.
“There is a lot of competition for places but I think that’s good for the group. It’s always good to have great players around you.
“You have to battle for your place and it makes you more hungry on the training pitch and you know when you get your chance, you have to take it.
“The likes of Mkhitaryan, Zlatan and Pogba, big names in our team, it always good to look up to them and see what they have achieved and obviously we gain that experience off them and learn off them, especially the young players.”
Lingard has made 15 Premier League appearances this season but only 10 of those have come from the start, while the versatile forward only netted his first goal in the competition in United’s last match, a 2-1 win over Middlesbrough.
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