Seeing a young player walking through an academic system to establish yourself as a star on the first team is joy for Manchester United Supporters to watch.
The famous ’92 class, including the characters of David Beckham and Paul Scholes, was a great example of a quality that could be detected from young people.
Kobbie Mainoo, who has started 15 games in Premier league This season he is the latest player who appeared as an Old Trafford star after passing through the Academy.
However, this does not always work perfectly, regardless of talent, and former Manchester United striker who has attacked midfielder Jesse Lingard will tell you.
None of Jesse Lingard’s potential
English Dinamo went through the Academy and played for United First Team, after spells on loan in Birmingham, Brighton Derby and Leicester, as he did left 232 appearances for the senior side.
Lingard -‘s best season in the United Show came in the 2017/18 campaign. Star in the middle scored eight goals and provided six assists in 33 excursions in the Premier League.
However, Lingard has never been able to start and only succeeded Five goals and two assists In the next 49 games of the Premier League for the club during the next two and a half seasons before sending a loan to West Ham in early 2021.
The Academy graduate continued plundering attractive eyes nine goals and four assists In 16 league games for hammers, but never renewed that pattern at Old Trafford and left on a free transfer in the summer of 2022.
United May, now, has another Lingard on his hands in the form of Marcus Rashford, who is on his way to follow the footsteps of his former teammate.
Why could Marcus Rashford be Jesse Lingard 2.0
Like former midfielder Red Devils, Rashford came through the ranks of young people and came out as a star on the first United team as an exciting, versatile, striker.
The English International had several great seasons at Old Trafford, achieving dual tunes for goals in Four seasons of the Premier Leagueincluding the return of 17 goals and five assists in the 2022/23 campaign.
Like Lingard, again, Rashford failed to hit the same height in the next 18 months of that impressive withdrawal. He only succeeded 11 goals and three assists In 48 league matches from that term.
After a 2-0 defeat from Arsenal in Emirates earlier this season, Manchester United legend Roy Keane described his General play as “shocking”What talks about how bad the performance levels have fallen in the last 18 months. Is also described as “The main, main problem“Liam Canning writer.
The wing was then sent on loan to Aston Villa in January this year, and United is still paying £ 75k a week his £ 300k-week wages, which means he is more than Alejandro Garnacho (£ 50k a week), despite not currently in the club.
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Premier League (23/24 + 24/25) |
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Performances |
59 |
48 |
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Goals |
10 |
11 |
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Great chances created |
9 |
10 |
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Helping |
5 |
3 |
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Statistics via sofascore |
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There is an option of £ 40 million To make the Villas an agreement on a permanent summer, which means that Rashford could officially become Lingard 2.0 allowing its shape to fall before setting on loan on another Premier League season, before leaving permanent.
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It’s a shame that it came to Rashford, who – as mentioned above – was a great player for red devils in the past, but it seems best for all parties to close this chapter of his career in the summer.
