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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Phil Blanche

Jesse Lingard drank to ‘take pain away’ before Man Utd exit

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Jesse Lingard says he turned to drink to “to try and take the pain away” as his Manchester United career nosedived.

Lingard spent 22 years at United, having joined the club’s academy at the age of seven, before leaving for Premier League new boys Nottingham Forest last summer.

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