Manchester United are a force to reckon with in the Premier League
#22 Jesse Lingard (Midfielder) - £100,000/week
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The lad is rad
The Milly rocking, screamer dropping kid from Warrington who delivers the freshest vibes to the United dressing room has moved on from being the silly goof to one of the first names on the teamsheet.
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With a penchant for scoring worldies and the willingness to play his heart out every week, Lingard is gradually becoming a cult figure of sorts among the Old Trafford faithful. After all, he's one of their own.
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#21 Sergio Romero (Goalkeeper) - £50,000
Despite De Gea's presence, Romero has started 10 games for United
When you are David De Gea's deputy, your job is likely to largely involve keeping the bench warm and enjoying a great view. But Mourinho knows all about the Argentina no.1's quality and has been handing over the goalkeeping duties to him in cup ties.
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Romero also repaid the gaffer's trust by being stoic between the posts in the 2016/17 Europa League campaign. The 30-year-old is happy to be at the club even though he'd easily walk into the starting XI of a lesser club.
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#20 Phil Jones (Defender) - £50,000/week
Caught one on the nose eh?
Phil Jones sporadically shows signs of going on to become the very best in the business. But when he has an off-day, he makes sure his abysmal showing rains over all the good work he had done prior to that.
But all said and done, Jones is a solid centre-back with decent ball playing abilities and if he can escape the shackles of ill-health and injuries, he could become the player Fergie always believed he would go on to be.
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Shambhu Ajith
Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.
For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.
Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.