Former Manchester United first team coach Rene Meulensteen has claimed that midfielder Jesse Lingard has similar traits to Andres Iniesta.
Andres Iniesta has won eight La Liga titles, four Champions Leagues, the 2010 World Cup and the two European Championships and Meulensteen thought it would be apt to compare Jesse Lingard with such a decorated footballer.
While talking to Bleacher Report the Dutchman said: “I saw so many similarities in their games, and I always believed that Jesse was the English Andres Iniesta,
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“Like Iniesta, he finds these pockets of space, he is always on the move and has very good feet. The only thing missing until recently was goals, but now Jesse is scoring important goals too.”
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“In my opinion, you could fly Jesse to Barcelona, let him play in Iniesta’s position, and he would comfortably be able to do it and fit in. And he does it in the Premier League, which is more difficult than La Liga, so that is a credit to Jesse.
“Jesse’s size held him back, but now it is actually an advantage, as he is light, agile and quick, and so opponents can’t live with him.”
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