Jesse Lingard switches Agent, opts for Raiola

The agent played a role in Manchester United signing Pogba in 2016

Jesse Lingard switches Agent, opts for Raiola
Jesse Lingard

Jesse Lingard has switched agents to begin working with Mino Raiola according to the Daily Mail.

Raiola is known to be a the handler of Pogba, Ibrahimović, Lukaku and Mkhitaryan. Judging from his recent rocky relationship with Manchester United, the news has been embraced with mixed feelings by the club's fans as to why Lingard made the approach.

 

 

Raiola, who took Paul Pogba back to Old Trafford in 2016, has had a number of public spats with the club more recently and Lingard has also been linked with a move away in January.

When asked if agents should speak about clubs ahead of Saturday's FA Cup third-round tie against Wolves, Solskjaer said: "No.

 

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"I can speak to Paul about it. I don't think I should talk to - or about - agents that talk about us.

"But Paul is our player and agents are hired by players - not the opposite way around. It is not agents' players, it is our players."