Former Manchester United and England forward Jesse Lingard has been without a club since being axed by Nottingham Forest in July 2023. But according to ESPN, Lingard has now offered himself to Barcelona.
The 31-year-old was once a good player, particularly during years at Manchester United and briefly on his loan spell at West Ham. But overall, it's hard to see Lingard as Barca quality.
However, when Lingard started struggling at Manchester United, his former youth coach at the club Rene Meulensteen backed him to get back to his best. Meulensteen drew parallels between Lingard and Barca legend Andres Iniesta.
"Jesse had various loan clubs and then he came back,' Meulensteen told The Michael Anthony Show.
"And I think Louis van Gaal was the manager at the time and Louis was very big on bringing young players through and Jesse got the chance to suddenly play in the first team and so did [Marcus] Rashford.
"That's the luck that you need and certain managers can see it. Jesse always had attributes in his game as Iniesta had for Barcelona," Meulensteen said.
One wonders if the attribute the coach was talking about was two arms and a leg. Lingard certainly has those.
Anyway, fans on Reddit have been seeing the funny side of Lingard's offer.
💭Walt_Jay: "Well he’s not a Barca player right now so worst case he will continue not to be."
💭Supplementarytables: "JLingz inspired me to offer myself to Sydney Sweeney"
💭RK99990: "I'm rooting for you bro 💪"
💭MrViksman: "Lindgard ft. Lewandowski TikTok dances could be something"
💭Imaradomund replied: "Barca Studios value will skyrocket, allowing another lever. Laporta has done it again."
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