Former Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard has revealed that Wayne Rooney will be banned from buying luxury cars by the club’s academy players if they have not played 50 games for the first team.
Lingard joined the Red Devils at the age of seven and was hand his debut in 2014 by Louis van Gaal.
The 32-year-old, who currently plays for FC Seoul in South Korea, was a team-mate of Rooney between 2011 and 2017. Lingard was ask about the situation and revealed that Rooney wanted to keep him and the Academy players in the frame.
“When you get into the first team, you know, we have to know the place, know the right time to do things and stuff like that – but what about breaking the culture? We try to make it stronger. We respond to success, we smile, we laugh ทางเข้า UFABET สำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ สมัครวันนี้ รับโบนัสฟรี and win games. That’s a good culture, right?”
“Wayne Rooney told me ‘Don’t buy your first car until you’ve played 50 games’. Sure enough, 50 games came and I pulled up in my Range Rover and Rooney was like ‘Who’s that? Have you played 50 games yet?'”
“That’s something I’ve accepted. I’ve never tried to be flashy. Of course, sometimes when you have something good, you want to show it off. But photographers follow me and take pictures of me in the car every time we drive in.”