As a result of an impressive string of performances with England at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Jesse Lingard is reportedly set to benefit greatly as Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, allegedly intends to double the player’s wages.
Lingard has started every game, but one (the match against Belgium in which most of the senior players were rested, including Lingard), for The Three Lions in Russia, and even scored a jaw-dropping worldie against Panama in the Group Stages of the tournament.
he 25-year-old also had an impressive last season with Manchester United, scoring 8 Premier League goals and assisting 5 more. Lingard is currently tied down to the club by virtue of a four-year deal worth £75,000-a-week, which the Englishman signed in April 2017.
Now, however, according to reports from The Daily Express (via The Sun), after Lingard’s excellent World Cup run, Jose Mourinho is believed to be inclined towards handing him a new deal that will see him earn twice as much as he currently does.
At £150,000-a-week, Lingard will become one of Manchester United’s top earners if he does put pen to paper on said deal and most of the club’s fans will believe that it will be well deserved.