Manchester United stars Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard have invited further criticism of their performances after cryptic posts on Instagram.
On Tuesday the pair both wrote '0.012%' on their respective Instagram stories, seemingly referencing the number of young players make it to the Premier League.
Neither player explained their post explicitly, but it appears to relate to findings that only 180 of the 1.5million youth footballers in England will make it to the top flight.
Despite highlighting their incredible feat in reaching the first team at Old Trafford, the England internationals have faced a backlash from some users online.
'Lingard and Rashford both now showing their arrogance because they have made it as professional footballers, they are demanding respect,' one wrote on Twitter.
'Carry on performing like you have, you’ll be playing in league 2 by the age of 30
'This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about when I said Lingard is a bad influence on Rashford,' another wrote.
One United fan joked: 'Rashford and Lingard posting their goal per shot ratio on Instagram.'
RazeTSKnightfury
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Good teachers: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man City, Liverpool, spurs, PGS etc The teach how to successfully sign players, discipline players, bring out the best in players and how to make players respect the club.. Bad Pupil/student: Manchester united Never learns how to sign players, never learns how to discipline players, never bring out the best in players,players never respect the club... Now they are mocking academy players as old as they are.. What a shame of the club Manchester has become.... My heart is bleeding for my team. Are we going to solve anything if we keep any of these players in this team? Cause I think it's time to break the whole team and start over from scratch
Heteikmyz
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So nobody sees it as Lingard and Rashford saying young players should be given more chance to make it to top flight in England. Everyone thinks they are being arrogant, that's totally wrong.