Lingard has always looked happy on the pitch but it also comes from a piece of advice from one of his favourite footballing heroes.
"When I watched videos of Ronaldinho, he’s always smiling no matter what,” said Lingard. “It’s the love of the game.
"I remember meeting him in America a few years ago, he said to me: ‘No matter what, always enjoy football, always play with a smile on your face.
"After that, I constantly do that. It’s mad watching videos of him, then actually meeting him and it felt mad for him to actually have that advice for me. You take that on board from one of the all-time greats.
"As soon as I kicked a ball I was happy, I’ve always enjoyed football growing up and wanted to take that into the first team. You can’t stop smiling on the pitch, stop being happy.
"Everyone who dreamed of being a footballer and is a footballer, our dreams are made and we’re in a nice position so all I can do is smile. Of course you want to win the game but that enjoyment side is important.
"If you don’t really know me, a lot of of people judge me through social media and what they see,” said Lingard. “It’s a different perception of who I really am.
"I’m a humble guy, down-to-earth guy. People from the academy say good things about me. I work hard, I enjoy my football.
"People see the messing about side, me on social media, but I still work behind the scenes. But I’m a fun guy. You get one life and you have to live it to the fullest. But only when the time’s right, of course.
"I do things that people don’t know I do. I have my own fitness guy who comes, I have my own chef because the diet is big for me and my own masseuse who comes. I do stuff that doesn’t get filmed and aired out to the public.
"Everyone knows the values of Man United.
"We’ve always been a winning team, we love to win games and win trophies, and that’s the main thought in our heads: to win trophies."