Jesse Lingard is seeing his career take off, for both club and country. He got called-up to the England National Team senior squad last week. Lingard also scored his first goal for Manchester United in the team’s last fixture before the international break.
Here’s the footage of his curling effort from 16 yards out. Lingard has started two games for the Red Devils this season, and now he’s potentially poised to get a big raise.
The Mirror claims that Lingard will receive a “double-your-money” contract that would literally double his current £25,000-a-year contract.
Life is good for Lingard right now who just this past week also revealed that he could have ended up at Liverpool during his youth.
“I was at a local club called Penketh United and Mike Glennie, a Manchester United scout, came to watch me,” Lingard told MUTV. “He spoke to my grandad and offered me trials, but there was also interest from Liverpool and I had to pick.
“I was only young, but obviously my heart was with United at the time.”
“There are a lot of lads still doing their thing at other clubs and they’re happy seeing me where I am.
“I’ve won a lot of trophies — like the FA Youth Cup and the reserves league a couple of times — but it would top it off to win the Premier League with the first team.”
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