Manchester United stars Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard had quite an amazing experience as they said goodbye to Dubai. Few visitors to the capital city of the United Arab Emirates get to do something like this. United came to Dubai this week for three days of training in the warm weather. They returned to England on Friday, with their next game coming Monday night against Stoke City in Premier League action.
Before jetting home, Pogba and Lingard met a white tiger cub and fed him from his bottle. Lingard posted an Instagram story with the baby big cat, as they gave the adorable little predator his milk.
Neither Lingard nor Pogba showed any fear at all, as the infant tiger placed his paws on their hands to grab the bottled formula.
Pogba even stroked the kitty’s mid-section, and then gave the tiger a kiss on the head. The images evoke that of former United player Patrice Evra feeding his pet lion cub with formula this past October, a picture he posted on Instagram.
United were off for nine days, following what was an extremely busy festive period. The trip to Dubai was certainly both well deserved and a welcome change of pace.
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