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Rival fans furious that Man United’s Jesse Lingard has been called up by England

Published 13:15 15 Nov 2015 GMT

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Rival fans furious that Man United’s Jesse Lingard has been called up by England

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It's been quite a few weeks for Jesse Lingard.

At the start of the season, the Man United midfielder seemed surplus to requirements at Old Trafford. And at 22, it looked like he had missed the boat in terms of breaking into Louis van Gaal's first-team plans. Suddenly he is starting for his club, and providing the sort of energy and penetrative running that has been sorely missing in United's play. To top it off, he recently scored his first senior goal in a 2-0 victory against West Brom. Now, after only 169 minutes of Premier League football, the Warrington-born lad has been called up by Roy Hodgson to replace the injured Michael Carrick and Jamie Vardy. As you may expect, Man United fans are suitably chuffed for your academy graduate... https://twitter.com/FullTimeDEVILS/status/665844150739292160 https://twitter.com/BusbyBulletin/status/665846286449582080 But rival fans are less than amused by what they see as a clear bias towards players at high-profile clubs... https://twitter.com/palacememes/status/665844712671223808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/samHCAFCwelsh/status/665845674861268992 https://twitter.com/ConanDoherty/status/665853945210912770 https://twitter.com/Leebroughton27/status/665876107347025920 https://twitter.com/HLTCO/status/665844052684861441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/Craig92_LCFC/status/665847462259769344 https://twitter.com/svenncfc/status/665852005936701441 https://twitter.com/JulianGreening/status/665841295076798464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/bennagle17/status/665842670867193856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/DowningTheRed/status/665843647351492608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/DeCLaN_W00d/status/665874221629837312
Rival fans furious that Man United's Jesse Lingard has been called up by England