JESSE LINGARD is set to be offered a return to the Premier League with Everton, according to reports.
The former Manchester United star, 31, has been a free agent since his Nottingham Forest contract expired in the summer.
Jesse Lingard could be set for a Premier League returnPA
But now he could be handed a lifeline by Sean Dyche’s men after seven months in the wilderness.
According to talkSPORT, Everton are considering handing the ex-England international a short-term contract until the end of the season.
Lingard has trained with West Ham and Steven Gerrard’s Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq since leaving Forest.
But he failed to agree a deal with either side during the first half of the season.
In the 2022/23 campaign, Lingard contributed just two goals and two assists in 20 games for Forest.
And he did not manage a single goal contribution in the Premier League for Steve Cooper’s men.
The dismal season led to Forest releasing him at the end of his one-year contract.
But Dyche may still see something in the attacking midfielder – who scored 35 goals and provided 21 assists in 232 matches for boyhood club Man Utd.
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