West Ham's pursuit of Jesse Lingard started in January 2021 and finally ended in failure on January 31, 2022.
Lingard, of course, had a hugely successful loan spell at the London Stadium last season but despite West Ham making their intentions clear, the player decided to return to Old Trafford in the summer.
The decision to go back to his boyhood club was taken after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had assured Lingard he was part of his first-team plans, a promise that was quickly broken after the arrivals of Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo.
