Everton's hopes of singing Jesse Lingard on a free transfer may have hit a stumbling block after it emerged that he is on his way to the USA for talks with potential suitors.
Lingard left Manchester United last month when his contract expired after 22 years with his boyhood club. Everton are in the hunt for his services, alongside West Ham United. But according to ESPN, the England international is set to travel to the USA to listen to 'pitches' from American clubs.
The report claims that Lingard will meet two Major League Soccer clubs, who will both put "ground breaking deals" to the 29-year-old and his representatives. The player's primary objective will be to secure the necessary game time to force his way into the reckoning for a place in Gareth Southgate's England squad ahead of the Qatar World Cup in November.
