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title: "Manchester United: Fans less than pleased following predicted XI including Jesse Lingard"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2019-08-09T17:05:13Z"
modified: "2019-08-09T17:05:13Z"
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# Manchester United: Fans less than pleased following predicted XI including Jesse Lingard

**The Old Trafford faithful were less than gleeful after The Evening Standard released a potential lineup for the Chelsea game on Sunday.**

[The Evening Standard’s James Robson](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/manchesterunited/how-will-man-utd-line-up-against-chelsea-after-the-transfer-window-predicted-xi-a4209141.html) believes Scott McTominay could be a surprise package in a role alongside Paul Pogba this season, while Jesse Lingard could potentially be key to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s pressing game.

> McTominay will have a pivotal role alongside Pogba, with Lingard key to [#mufc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mufc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s high pressing game [#mulive](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mulive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) \[evening standard\]
>
> — utdreport (@utdreport) [August 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/utdreport/status/1159581601254268935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

It was the part about Jesse Lingard that made the Manchester United fans unsure ahead of the start of the new season.

The 26-year-old was in less than impressive form last season as he scored just [five goals and got just four assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jesse-lingard/leistungsdaten/spieler/141660/plus/0?saison=2018) in more than 35 games in all competitions.

His form was just one part of a bad season for the north-west club, who finished [sixth in the Premier League](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48165993) as well as suffering a hammering at the hands of [Barcelona in the Champions League.](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47939085)

Lingard isn’t a name that is getting the fans excited ahead of Sunday’s opening game against Chelsea at Old Trafford.

Here is a selection of tweets from Manchester United fans following the report by The Evening Standard:

> Lingard? [pic.twitter.com/DIOWP2uNS4](https://t.co/DIOWP2uNS4)
>
> — Calum (@UtdDrip) [August 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/UtdDrip/status/1159581887096152064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Lingard [pic.twitter.com/7Gnt4BjpTT](https://t.co/7Gnt4BjpTT)
>
> — Jake (@UnitedJake\_) [August 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/UnitedJake_/status/1159599236369006592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Lingard…
>
> — T (@ftbltayIor) [August 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/ftbltayIor/status/1159581665511059456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Ill have mata ahead of Lingard
>
> — JP (@JardimMindset\_) [August 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/JardimMindset_/status/1159582198456082432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Gomes \> lingard
>
> — nick webber (@\_nickwebber) [August 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/_nickwebber/status/1159581684288933889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Good at pressing send on his Insta posts…
>
> — Dan Nixon (@theDanNixon) [August 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/theDanNixon/status/1159588895157346309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)