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After solely three video games in South Korea, Jesse Lingard has already been known as out by his new supervisor.
The Englishman arrived to FC Seoul to a lot fanfare after months of failing to agree a cope with greater rating golf equipment throughout England and the globe.
The participant suffered a debut from hell when he was booed onto the pitch, bought a yellow card and his facet misplaced 2-0.
Despite such negativity the previous United man insisted he was comfortable to make his debut in Korea and his look led to a file attendance within the Ok-League.
Despite this, his facet may solely muster a 0-0 draw with Incheon.
Issues went higher for the facet from the Korean capital on Saturday as they claimed a 2-0 win over Jeju, their first victory of the season.
Nevertheless, Lingard began from the bench as soon as once more and picked up one more yellow card in a poor show.
It was honest to say that FC Seoul supervisor Kim Gi-dong was lower than impressed along with his new movie star recruit.
The Korea JoongAng Each day report that the supervisor said after the match, “fame doesn’t win soccer video games”.
“He solely performed a couple of minutes, and but he didn’t work arduous and prevented tussle,” Kim mentioned. “For those who run lower than a footballer who has performed 90 minutes, you’re not even a footballer”.
“Fame doesn’t win soccer video games. If it did, I might have introduced in a well-known retired participant.”
The coach additionally claimed that he would want to talk to the England worldwide about his performances thus far.
This isn’t the primary time that Lingard has confronted the wrath of his new coach.
After his horrible debut Gi-dong exclaimed, “as we’ve not spent a very long time collectively but, I don’t assume he [Lingard] confirmed the efficiency from his glory days. I feel he nonetheless confirmed good strikes a number of instances. I’ll assist him play higher”.
The reality is, it’s extremely humbling for the United academy product that at solely 31 years previous, he’s massively struggling to make any form of influence on the Ok-League.
While it’s true that he was out of soccer for a very long time in his seek for a brand new membership and it has solely been three appearances off the bench in an extended season, his supervisor is clearly shedding endurance with him.
Furthermore, his poor kind will do little to influence his multitude of critics that he solely went to Asia for the profitable enterprise alternatives a world-class metropolis like Seoul has to supply.
He should wait till Sunday thirty first March to win again the belief of his coach when FC Seoul tackle Gangwon away from house.
