Less than 12 months after being released by Manchester United, Jesse Lingard once again finds himself at a career crossroads.
The 30-year-old raised eyebrows after he plumped for a move to newly promoted Nottingham Forest last summer instead of West Ham : the same club with whom he enjoyed an electric loan stint during the 2020/21 campaign.
Lingard's decision to pen a lucrative one-year contract with Forest was viewed as a gamble at the time - and unfortunately, it's not paid off.