Both are stars with “Red Devils” blood, understandable when Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford became soul mates at Old Trafford and the English national team.
Jesse Lingard was born in 1992, joined the Manchester United training camp in 2000. Marcus Rashford is 5 years younger and joined MU 5 years later. However, the age gap did not stop the friendship between the duo. Since being promoted to the first team by Louis Van Gaal in February this year, Rashford and Lingard have become close friends and brothers.
Both were born in the North West of Manchester and both made an important contribution to the FA Cup championship after more than a decade of waiting for MU last season.
Not only a friend, Jesse Lingard also cares about teammates 5 years younger than a brother.
The two always give each other close gestures both on the field and on social networks.
Jesse is ready to lose enough with the opponent if he sees his “brother” being bullied.
In the match between England and Slovenia in mid-October, Marcus Rashford was involved in a scuffle at the end of the game. Seeing that, Lingard immediately rushed to protect his teammates at MU and did not forget to reassure: “Don’t be afraid, brother”.
Both celebrate their victory in last season’s Manchester derby. Rashford is the only one to score 3 points for the “Red Devils” right at Etihad. This season, Jesse and Marcus changed their shirt numbers to 14 and 19 respectively, thereby becoming the pillars of the new coach Jose Mourinho’s squad.
Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford pose with the Community Shield trophy earlier in the season. Lingard was also the first to run to celebrate with Rashford when his brother born in 1997 scored his debut for the MU first team in the match against Midtjylland in the Europa League arena.
There are still many close friends like Lingard and Rashford in the Premier League, including the emerging young star duo of Tottenham, Dele Alli and Eric Dier.
Yannick Bolasie has only joined Everton since the beginning of this season from Crystal Palace but has immediately become a confidant with striker Romelu Lukaku. The two are attached to each other as pictured with the ball from the pitch to everyday life.
The close friendship of Oxlade Chamberlain and defender Carl Jenkinson is temporarily broken when one plays for Arsenal, the other plays for West Ham on loan.
Jack Wilshere is slowly finding his form after a long injury break. At Bournemouth, he also has a close friend from Arsenal’s youth academy, Benik Afobe.
