Manchester United player Jesse Lingard says he is ready for the return of Premier League football.
Lingard told ESPN that having a friend to train with has helped to push him and keep his fitness levels where they should be during long runs and in the gym.
"I dread to think what I would be like on my own in lockdown," Lingard stated.
"Larny has been with me since day one of lockdown. He lives on his own and my brother is in Greece and I would have been on my own as well, so it was the perfect time to get him in. We didn't know how long it was going to be for, but he's still here!"
Lingard added that the pair have been keeping to a strict regime throughout the week as they build fitness, but added that having his friend present has helped to normalise the lockdown period.
"We've been looking at old clips from games when we were Under-18s and reserves to look back at the times we had. It's been good. We just want the same for each other. We want to see each other be successful. He's been working hard and doing the programme that I've been doing, so he's fit and sharp and can't wait to get going.
"We're ready. For me it was about maintaining my fitness levels and keeping up to speed. I'm ready for when we can play football. That was in my head from the start of lockdown, to be ready to go back as soon possible."
IamZaidU
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kubilpru
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LinGod. he deserves knighthood for his achievement in the world of football especially in England. Sir Lingardinho CBE
Meudmpsz
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Best player in English premier league is back 😂😂😂
DanRash10
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Soméday all those who are making fun of LINGARD just because of his current misfortunes will celebrate him sooner. Its not easy to play football and when you get criticism from fans and people around the world, you lose focus. Most of us making fun of him just to gain LIKES has never played a COMMUNITY football before. We must learn to respect players because its not easy to put on your shoes and go to the field to play in the presence of thousands of Fans #Stop criticism #Embrace love and respect for a public figures and players
fizzbizzie
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lingard has given United happy moments and true United fans love him... irrespective of his trying times which every united players have had , there was a time fans were calling even McGuire a failure, martial, even rashford was called trashford.. with United finally doing the right thing and bringing in a creative midfielder.. the first serious one since Micheal Carrick.the team will be better stabilized now and every player can contribute his bit to making United great again, lingard and Jones inclusive.. we need 26 players and with the overrated market out there I'd rather have players that don't fuss about being on the bench than. ones that will disrupt the peace of the team.. trolls claim Jones is own goal king but he Jones has less own goals than Gerard pique and even Jamie carrager Liverpool legend had 7 own goals in EPL alone while Jones has 2 own goals in EPL.. Ferdinand our own legend had 6 own goals in EPL
Nadan7
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This always happens to man Utd’s opponents When lingard says he is ready
lukzlat910
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I hope the quarantine break has allowed him to work up his fitness and work on his skills, he is a talented player but has declined since Ole has taken over, hopefully he'll live up to our expectations and one day, just one day, we might be able to call him Lingardinho again....
Suyash_Bhandare_613
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Soméday all those who are making fun of LINGARD just because of his current misfortunes will celebrate him sooner. Its not easy to play football and when you get criticism from fans and people around the world, you lose focus. Most of us making fun of him just to gain LIKES has never played a COMMUNITY football before. We must learn to respect players because its not easy to put on your shoes and go to the field to play in the presence of thousands of Fans #Stop criticism #Embrace love and respect for a public figures and players
lololololpolololol ROFL u r hella funny @DanRash10
Papai_10_Manna
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Best player in English premier league is back 😂😂😂
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In India - Lingaraj Singh 😅😅