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He was an England international three years ago, but now he can’t even handle the small Korean league? It all seems to make sense if the hero of the story is Jesse Lingard.
Since signing with Seoul FC as a free agent in February this year, the 31-year-old “Lin Huang” has not only failed to regain a new life in East Asia , even starting the game has become a luxury.
Since the start of the K-League, Lingard has continued to feed a large number of gossip media in his accustomed way: quarreling with the coach and talking to the Internet. Lingard has ticked all the boxes for flirting with celebrities and making quick money by doing side jobs…
Linggard has ticked all the boxes for not doing his job properly. “Your Emperor Lin is infinitely arrogant” is already in the past tense. Today’s Emperor Lin is falling at the speed of light.
Except for playing football, everything else is good
Even if you come The K-League has been going on for more than a month, but Lingard’s data column is still so blank: all starts, goals, and assists are zero, there are no shots or dribbles, and there are only 3 threatening passes. 2 steals, 1 foul, and 2 voluntarily applied for yellow cards barely regained some sense of presence for the former British Emperor star.
In fact, from signing in February to now, Lingard’s average playing time in three K-League games is only 24 minutes. It’s like a secret weapon when the team faces a stalemate, and it’s more like a way to deal with broadcasters and executives to make up the numbers.
What’s even more frightening is that now Lingard can’t even enter the game.The list has become a difficult task. In the first round of the K-League after the national team match, there was no English name on FC Seoul’s roster at all. You know, Lingard, who has no national team duties, has more than a week to recuperate, not to mention he is not injured at all.
In the eyes of Seoul’s new coach Kim Ki-dong, Lingard’s failure to play is his own fault. “I have been considering abandoning Lingard.” Germany, a player who is not willing to run for even a few minutes on the bench does not deserve to be called a football player at all.”
“If he is not willing. Go for it, the running after coming off the bench is not as good as those players who play the whole game, and they just want to play based on their fame. Why don’t I just go to those retired stars?”
Since Lingard’s K-League substitute debut, he has been the target of his boss’s criticism. After that game, Kim Ki-dong criticized Lingard by name in front of all reporters, “Although he came on as a substitute, he didn’t try his best at all. Fame has no meaning at all on the court. I will tell him this clearly. ”
However, in the face of criticism, Lingard’s official response was quite appropriate, “I think I need to push myself more and train more.” I should try harder to adapt to the coach’s style, this (criticism) is part of football and I should accept it and move on.”
However, Lingard’s dissatisfaction with the head coach obviously goes in one ear and out the other.
One month ago, the female Internet celebrity “applee” known as the “Korean Kardashian” broke the news to the media that she was in I had a lively chat with Lingard on social media, and it was the latter who took the initiative to “flirt” and started a video call before even chatting in a private message.
Besides hunting for beauty, Lingard’s high-profile life also displeases Kim Ki-dong. Coming to KoreaAt the beginning, Lingard posted photos of eating barbecue on social media, showing a pro-people attitude that he wanted to “deeply integrate” with the local area. As a result, he should have integrated into the K-League as soon as possible. Whenever he took a vacation, he would inevitably dive into his personal plane and fly away. Fly back to the UK.
When he first joined the K-League, Lingard became a well-deserved C position in the Korean football circle. Not only were his 1,000 No. 10 jerseys sold out within 2 hours, but 25,000 tickets for Seoul’s first home game were sold out in half an hour. The attendance of 51,670 people in the first round increased last season’s record by nearly 12,000 people. . Many companies have also taken the initiative to seek cooperation with Seoul and Lingard.
But after the short-term fanaticism, Korean fans who have seen the big world may not be able to continue to support a passing star who cannot play. , continue to take out your wallet.
Earn money while lying down, and everyone gets what they need?
For Lingard, the current top player in the K-League, the Koreans have already provided enough from the club to the sponsors. Sincerity.
In the past two seasons, many K-League foreign players have quickly switched to other leagues as soon as they became famous. Against the background of frequent losses, he can earn 1.55 billion won every year. “Lin Huang”, who has the highest salary in the K League with Daegu FC’s Brazilian foreign aid Sessinha, signed a “2+1” contract. He previously had longer contracts with West Ham and Nottingham Forest.
Why sign such a “gone good”? Seoul FC, which has not entered the top six in the league in the past four years, values both Lingard’s fame and the illusory “technological poverty alleviation”.
From the perspective of Seoul FC executives, Lingard’s arrival means that they can surpass Ulsan HD and Jeonbuk Hyundai and become the best football club in the world. Popular local club. However thisIt’s obviously wishful thinking, Lingard’s gas tank has long been empty.
Last season, the “Lin King” who played 17 times in Nottingham without any contribution was early listed by Nottingham Forest who were preparing to save money. He was placed on the layoff list, and at the critical moment of relegation in the second half of the season, he was only given three opportunities to play as a substitute. For a former England international who earns £115,000 a week, the eviction order comes at an unseemly time.
Before moving to Asia, Lingard, who had no ball to play for 8 months, appeared in the sports section of the newspaper because of A legal battle: A Land Rover car in his name was caught on camera on a road near Trafford, suspected of speeding, but in order to escape punishment, Lingard provided the prosecutor with completely non-existent driver information, trying to Muddle through.
It was not until July last year that the lawsuit came to an end. In the end, Lingard was sentenced by a British court to suspend his driver’s license for 18 months for drink driving and was fined a total of 59,000 pounds.
At that time, he “self-declared” that he wanted to join Everton, but he got on a flight to Riyadh and signed with Daman, coached by Gerrard. A one-month trial training contract was signed. But in the end, the Saudis who were not short of money did not fall in love with the old and handsome “Lin Huang”.
Subsequently, Lingard appeared at the Miami International training ground again, but this hype-filled appearance did not even make a splash. set off. Rooney, who coached the Washington D.C. United team, also complained shamelessly, “I have no interest in signing him at all.”
So It is not difficult to understand why Lingard, who claimed to have countless jobs, would be vacant for 8 months before reluctantly “employing”.
At the same time as signing the contract with Seoul FC, Lingard’s personal clothing brand and the JLINZ e-sports team also obtained a new contract.As a partner, South Korea’s Busan e-sports team Liv reached a cooperation agreement with Lingard as early as last year.
Obviously, Lingard is playing a “big game”. Does it matter whether the ball is played well or not?
“The Four Dark Kings”, only “Lin Huang” is left
As the “front wave” of Manchester United’s youth training, Lingard has certainly brought a bright light in the dark years of the Red Devils, but more often, his name appears in the jingle of the “Four Dark Kings”.
Except for the “rampant” “Lin Huang”, “Your Zhongxian has boundless power; your Emperor Pei can destroy the world.” “Earth” has also been circulated for a long time.
But unlike Lingard, who becomes happier as he becomes more depraved, the other two protagonists who have no good jokes, Taxi Chung (Chen Dayi) and Pereira worked hard amidst the ridicule of fans and completed redemption.
Chen Dayi, who moved to newly promoted club Luton Town for £5 million at the beginning of this season, is no longer the flashy winger who was obsessed with dribbling in his early years. , although the London Satellite City team he is in cannot escape relegation, he has scored goals of strong teams such as Liverpool and Tottenham, belatedly realizing his talent. He is only 25 years old in December this year, and he still has a lot of potential. dig.
Pereira, who was also “anxious” as a golf businessman and performed dazzlingly at the time, has now transformed from an ugly duckling into a white swan.
After leaving Manchester United, “Longyou Qianshui” returned to Brazil’s “Pedi”. He first won the South American Copa Libertadores as the absolute main force at Flamengo, and then made a comeback and returned to the Premier League. With his help, After six years of outstanding performance at Fulham, Pereira was once again called up by the Brazilian team
At the end of March. On the FIFA match day, Pereira, wearing a Brazilian team jersey, instigated Enderrick’s winning goal at Wembley, completely changing the stereotype of English fans.
Facing his former teammates who are getting better and better as they play, Lingard’s continuous decline and even self-destruction is even more disappointing.
When he debuted as an older rookie, what Lingard was most praised for was not his talent, but his attitude. No matter what position he played, whether he played as the main player or as a substitute, he worked hard without complaint.
However, the attention of the head coach and the call of the national team soon made Lingard “drift”, when he began to be concerned about his not outstanding skills and football intelligence.” “Mysterious self-confidence” and no longer running as hard as Forrest Gump, his greatest advantage suddenly became his greatest weakness.
Today, the 31-year-old Lingard is far from the age of retirement, but he plays extremely “healthy” and his career is obviously not long. As a comparison, the Korean player Qi, who is nearly 4 years older than Lingard, Chengyong is still Seoul’s unbeatable main force.
The latter was also a recognized genius in Korean football, and was far more famous than Lin. Gade is younger, but to be able to persist to such an old age, perseverance is obviously more important than talent.
