There was no room for Jesse Lingard in the Brentford win and now the manager has explained why

German manager Ralf Rangnick revealed that PL’s three-substitution rule was a boundary that prevented Old Trafford’s potential goodbye to the English player during the Red Devils’ victory over the Bees earlier this month.

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Manchester United picked up a morale-boosting victory over Brentford to keep themselves on track for European football, with appearances for veteran stars such as Juan Mata serving as a celebratory last lap at the Theater of Dreams ahead of expected moves. But Jesse, who is also expected to leave this summer, had no such minutes, leading to the player’s brother slamming the club as classless – but now the German manager has laid out his reasons for not being in the England squad and defended his selection.

What did Ralf Rangnick say about Jesse Lingard?

Ralf Rangnick stated that he thinks Jesse Lingard played a lot more games in the last couple of weeks during his tenure than before Ralf came along. According to Rangnick, on matchday against Chelsea, Jesse Lingard asked him to be released from the game and also released from training the next day for personal family reasons. Ralf also allowed him to do so.

The German manager says that with only three subs, unfortunately he had to make a decision between bringing in Lingard or Cavani, or even the young Alejandro Garnacho, whom Ralf would love to bring in and gave a chance after going 3-0 with 15 minutes to play.

Ralf Rangnick also said that if he hadn’t brought someone in, maybe someone else would have posted it was classless so as not to bring in Edinson Cavani or someone else might have posted “why didn’t the manager bring in young Alejandro Garnacho?” They have to make a decision and that will not be to everyone’s liking, that is also part of the game.