Jesse Lingard's Value Of Money For Preferring Nottingham Forest, West Ham United Fans Throw Counterfeit Money On To The Field

Nottingham Forest player Jesse Lingard. (Photo: Instagram.com/@officialnffc)

JAKARTA - The second week of the Premier League 2022/2023 left an unpleasant impression for Nottingham Forest's Jesse Lingard. Because when the match hosted West Ham, the player was jeered by the visitors' fans in an unusual way.

In the Nottingham vs. West Ham match at the City Ground Stadium on Sunday, August 15, Lingard received less favorable treatment. West Ham supporters threw fake money at him in protest.

The moment Lingard was pelted with counterfeit money occurred in the 10th minute of the match. At that time, Nottingham got a corner kick opportunity.

The West Ham supporters' actions took place as a form of anger towards Lingard. The reason, the 29-year-old player prefers to move to Nottingham rather than West Ham.

"West Ham fans threw counterfeit money on the pitch to vent their anger at Jesse Lingard's apparent insult," The Sun reports.

West Ham had indeed been linked with Lingard after his contract with Manchester United expired. Moreover, he had a wonderful loan spell there. During his uniform at West Ham from January to May 2021, Lingard scored 9 goals and 5 assists in 16 appearances with the Hammers.

However, when the decision was announced Lingard instead chose to anchor to Nottingham which is a promoted club. At Nottingham, Lingard reportedly received a salary of 150,000 pounds, or Rp 26 billion per week.

West Ham parties consider Lingard rejected their offer because of the money factor. West Ham supporters also assume Lingard is a mercenary player.

That reason is the strong background for throwing fake money on the sidelines during West Ham vs Nottingham. It is known that the counterfeit money that was thrown was 50 pounds or Rp. 890 thousand.