Ralf Rangnick Revealed Why Jesse Lingard Didn't Leave On Loan

Lingard was expected to leave in the January transfer window on loan, as he did the year before, having failed to start a Premier League game this season.

However, in the end the 29-year-old ended up staying at United, with just six months on his contract left to run, meaning he can soon leave for nothing.

"In a way, yes," the interim boss said at his pre match press conference ahead of the FA Cup fourth round when asked if the Greenwood situation impacted the transfer.

"But in the end, the club told me, the board told me, they couldn't find an agreement with any of those clubs that were interested in him.

"With the window closing on Monday evening, in the afternoon the board informed me they would rather he stay, and this was a decision I could fully understand and accept.

"So it was two things: we had a problem with Mason Greenwood and being without a player for the time being who has played regularly in the last couple of weeks and the club not finding an agreement with another club.

"Jesse asked me and the club if we could give him a couple of days off just to clear up his mind. He will be back in the group next Monday, back for training and then be part of the regular squad again."

The interim boss also revealed that the former Birmingham City loanee had originally told him three weeks ago that he was happy to stay at Old Trafford.

Whilst Lingard, and Edinson Cavani, are set to miss out, Rangnick did confirm that Paul Pogba should be back in the squad, having been out injured since the beginning of November.