Former Sunderland player Darren Bent believes Jesse Lingard should return to the Hammers in east London for the betterment of his career. Lingard did have a brilliant spell last season when he made the move to West Ham and he will probably struggle to get into the Manchester United eleven again this season.

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It’s hard to walk away from a size of the club of Manchester United, I understand that,” he said on talkSPORT.

“He came through the youth system there and loves that football club, but ultimately he’s way down the pecking order.

“The form that he showed the back end of last season for West Ham, getting himself back into England contention was superb.

“I would want to keep that momentum going. I wouldn’t want to sit on the bench and not start, get a couple of minutes here and a couple of minutes there.

“I’d be thinking I like what David Moyes is building, playing week in week out, be the main man, and who knows get himself back into this England squad.”