ESPN drops by Jesse Lingard’s house, where the Man United star explains how a chat with Marcus Rashford gave birth to the ‘JLingz’ goal celebration.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard as being a ‘big game player’ after scoring against Arsenal in their FA Cup win.
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United attacker Jesse Lingard has told ESPN FC that criticism of his larger-than-life personality and off-field interests won’t make him change.
Lingard has starred for both United and England on the pitch but has, at times, received criticism for his online presence — where he has 6.2 million followers on Instagram and another 1.3m on Twitter — and dedicating time to projects away from football.
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