Ralf Rangnick has defended his decision not to play Jesse Lingard in Manchester United's final home game of the season.
Lingard is out of contract next month and set to leave United, but was denied the chance to come off the bench in Monday's 3-0 win over Brentford. The 29-year-old was left on the bench by interim boss Ralf Rangnick, which prompted his brother, Louie Scott, to launch a scathing attack on Instagram, branding United “classless”.
Other players leaving, including Juan Mata and Nemanja Matic, started the game, while Edinson Cavani, who is going, and Phil Jones, who is likely to depart, came off the bench. But Rangnick defended his decision today and said: “To start with, in the last couple of weeks under my tenure, Jesse has played far more games than he used to.
