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      Former Man Utd star Jesse Lingard’s ‘staggering salary revealed’ as he closes in on two-year deal with FC Seoul

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      JESSE LINGARD’S new record-breaking salary in South Korea has allegedly been revealed.The ex-Manchester United star, 31, has been unemployed since the end of June.
      Jesse Lingard was mobbed by fans as he touched down in SeoulCredit: X
      The star is set to pocket a record salary in South KoreaCredit: MI News/NurPhoto
      That was when his one-year deal at Nottingham Forest came to an end.
      Lingard originally trained with West Ham, who he previously enjoyed a loan spell with, after his City Ground departure but then decided to join up with Saudi Pro League side Al-Ettifaq – who are managed by Liverpool icon Steven Gerrard.
      But he was unable to pen a contract with them as they have a limit on foreign players in the Saudi League.
      Lingard had been linked with a move to Everton and allegedly offered himself to Barcelona but neither move failed to materialise.
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      That led to him sharing more clips of himself training – which resulted in Paul Scholes hitting out at him with an X-rated post.
      Now he is finally on the verge of securing a club and his new supporters cannot wait to see him in action.
      Lingard was mobbed by fans as he arrived in South Korea to complete his FC Seoul transfer and was even bizarrely handed a flute.
      Now details of his extraordinary switch to the other side of the world have been revealed.
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      He is believed to have agreed a two-year contract that will make him the highest-paid player in the K-League if his alleged salary is true – although it is still some way off the £100,000-a-week he pocketed at United.
      Chosun Ilbo, via Korea JoongAng Daily, claims that Lingard will earn £17,500 per week, which equates to an annual salary of £910,000.
      Jesse Lingard works up a sweat on training session with fans convinced unemployed ex-Man Utd ace ‘means business’
      It was claimed that 26 teams were interested in Lingard, including Italian giants Lazio, but his arrival in South Korea suggests that is where he is heading.
      FC Seoul are six-time K League champions and have twice reached the Asian Champions League final.
      And Lingard could link-up in midfield with another ex-Premier League star in former Swansea and Newcastle ace Ki Sung-yeung. More

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      How the Glazers broke Sir Alex Ferguson’s cardinal rule with Old Trafford revamp that gave accidental nod to Liverpool

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      THE GLAZERS committed a cardinal sin when it came to sprucing up Old Trafford in 2022, it has been revealed.And it all comes back to the shade of red that was used for a paint job on Old Trafford.
      Employees and fans alike were furious that Old Trafford was painted in ‘Liverpool red’Credit: PP.
      Fergie insisted that United always play in a darker kit than LiverpoolCredit: PP.
      Sir Alex Ferguson was insistent that Manchester United has its own shade of red associated with it – and that it should never be too similar to Liverpool’s.
      The legendary manager insisted that United played in a dark shade of red during his reign.
      And this even led to former kit supplier Nike designing a colour that would meet the manager’s specifications – named “Diablo red”.
      Fergie believed that if United used a shade that was too bright, it would look as though the club were playing in a Liverpool shirt.
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      And the hatred of this colour extended to everything to do with the club, including how Old Trafford was decorated.
      But the Glazers violated this back in 2022 when they re-painted parts of Old Trafford, and employees noticed that it was in the colour that Fergie despised.
      An insider told ESPN: “They tried to smarten up Old Trafford with a paint job a couple of years ago.
      “But they messed it up. They used the wrong shade of red. When Sir Alex was in charge, he would always insist that United played in a darker shade of red than Liverpool.
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      Fergie’s dislike of a light shade of red led to Nike designing their own shade of red for the teamCredit: Getty
      Fergie was keen to avoid this shade of redCredit: Getty
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      “Nike, kit partners at the time, even designed a specific shade for the team’s kit called ‘Diablo Red.’ The paint they used for Old Trafford is Liverpool red — it’s too bright for United.”
      It’s not the only mishap the Glazers have made with regards to the stadium during their reign.
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      Fans have complained multiple times about the leaky roof at Old Trafford, which has become a symbol of the decline of the club.
      Footage went viral last year of a stream of water coming through the roof, with fans also complaining that water can drip on them when queueing up for food at half-time.
      Sir Jim Ratcliffe has earmarked improving Old Trafford as a priority and has set aside £2billion to build a ‘Wembley of the North’. More

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      Thomas Frank offers Christian Eriksen a Premier League transfer lifeline with Man Utd star ‘always welcome’ at Brentford

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      THOMAS FRANK says he would welcome Christian Eriksen back to Brentford with the midfielder currently out of favour at Manchester United.The 31-year-old has featured only once for the Red Devils since the turn of the year – starting against his old club Tottenham three weeks ago.
      Thomas Frank admits he would happily welcome Christian Eriksen back to BrentfordCredit: Reuters
      With just nine Premier League starts to his name this season, he may decide to consider his options this summer.
      Galatasaray are keen but now his countryman Frank has said he would be willing to take him back to West London.
      He played 11 matches for the Bees as he returned to football in 2022 – a few months after his heart scare at the Euros.
      The Brentford chief told Tipsbladet:  “He will always be welcome back, Christian – always.
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      “I think he knows that. And we know that he had a good time here.
      “I understood well why he went to United back then, and I’ve said that publicly.
      “I also think he’s done well. Of course, he had an injury before Christmas for a while. But if Christian wants, he’s very welcome.”
      Eriksen was a mainstay of the United side which won the Carabao Cup and secured Champions League football last season.
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      However the emergence of youngster Kobbie Mainoo in recent weeks has pushed him further down the pecking order under Erik ten Hag.
      Eriksen remains a useful squad player but with the club now out of Europe, he may find chances are hard to come by.
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      He will have just 12 months remaining on his contract in the summer so both the player and the club will have a decision to make.
      Meanwhile Frank told the publication he expects bids to come in for star striker Ivan Toney in the summer – but says the phone never rang in January.
      He said: “This winter, we actually had no bids for him, but it would surprise me if there aren’t a lot of clubs interested in him.
      “He’s a really good striker who is in his prime footballing age. Personally, as a coach, I would prefer to keep Toney, but one day it could be fun to see him at a top team.” More

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      Top ten highest earning Premier League Under-21s with Brighton star’s £160k a week dwarfing Man Utd & Chelsea rivals

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      PREMIER LEAGUE wages are among some of the highest in world football – so much so that a slew of players under the age of 21 are raking in the big bucks.The increased global popularity of the English top-flight in recent years has seen a massive increase in wages across the board.
      Premier League wages have rised drastically over the last few yearsCredit: EPA
      The wage increase has even filtered down to some teams’ youngstersCredit: AFP
      Huge television deals have played a massive part in the salary increases – which have filtered right down to the youngsters.
      And one youngster, according to Capology, is pocketing a whopping £160,000 a week from his club.
      So with that in mind, SunSport is on hand to reveal the highest-earning players under the age of 21 in the Prem.

      Noni Madueke

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      The 21-year-old winger was one of a spate of Chelsea signings over the last 18 months, arriving at Stamford Bridge from PSV for a fee of £30million.
      And the England international is reportedly taking home a cool £50,000 a week.

      Jeremy Doku

      Manchester City’s latest wide sensation joined Pep Guardiola’s Treble winning side in the summer from Stade Rennais on a five-year deal.
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      Manchester City’s Jeremy Doku is reportedly taking home a cool £50,000 a weekCredit: GETTY
      Doku has, at times, kept England international Jack Grealish out of the starting XI at the Etihad.
      But the 21-year-old is currently only taking home a mere £50,000 a week.
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      Alejandro Garnacho

      Argentina international Garnacho is undoubtedly one of Manchester United’s most exciting academy stars of the last decade.
      The 19-year-old has found the back of the net 12 times in 67 appearances for the Red Devils, with five of those goals coming this season.
      A new contract will likely be in the offing, meaning an increase to his current £50,000-a-week wage packet.
      Alejanadro Garanacho is reportedly taking home £50,000 a week at Manchester UnitedCredit: Rex

      Pape Sarr

      Senegal international Sarr joined Tottenham from Metz in the summer of 2021 but was immediately loaned back to the French outfit.
      The 21-year-old recently signed a new five-year with the North Londoners, which is reportedly seeing him take home £70,000 at the end of each week.

      Destiny Udogie

      Italy defender Udogie signed for Spurs in the summer of 2022 but was immediately loaned back to Serie outfit Udinese.
      He was integrated into the first team this season, making 22 appearances in all competitions while taking home a more than comfortable £75,000 a week.
      Destiny Udogie is taking home £75,000 a week at TottenhamCredit: REX

      Cole Palmer

      The former Manchester City academy star has been a shining light in what has otherwise been a dismal season for Chelsea.
      Palmer, 21, has bagged 12 goals and seven assists in 26 appearances for the Blues in his debut season at Stamford Bridge.
      And if owner Todd Boehly has any sense, he’ll soon give him a significant bump to his £75,000-a-week wages.
      Cheslea star Cole Palmer is said to be taking home £75,000 a weekCredit: Rex

      Radu Dragusin

      Tottenham fended off interest from German champions Bayern Munich in order to get their hands on highly-rated Romanian Dragusin.
      And the six-year-deal they handed the defender – who turned 22 last week – is reportedly seeing him take home £85,000 a week.

      Rasmus Hojlund

      Manchester United’s £72million man’s struggles to find his feet at Old Trafford, taking until Boxing Day to pick up his first Premier League goal for the club.
      The 21-year-old Dane has scored ten goals and provided two assists in 28 appearances in all competitions in his debut season, which is a decent haul in the first year of his reported £85,000-a-week contract.
      Manchester United newboy Rasmus Hojlund is said to be taking home £85,000 a weekCredit: GETTY

      Carney Chukwuemeka

      The winger joined Chelsea from Aston Villa in the summer of 2022 for an undisclosed fee, which is rumoured to be in the region of £20million.
      And it’s claimed the Blues lured him away from Villa Park with a whopping £100,000-a-week contract.

      Levi Colwill

      Chelsea academy product Cowill put pen to paper on a bumper new six-year deal – with the option of an additional seventh – last August.
      The centre-back is highly rated by many, which is why it comes as no surprise that the club have given him a £100,000-a-week contract.
      Chelsea academy graduate Levi Colwill is reportedly earning £100,000 a weekCredit: ALAMY

      Ryan Gravenberch

      Netherlands international Gravenberch put pen to paper on a five-year-deal with Liverpool last summer after the Reds agreed a £35million fee with Bayern Munich.
      And the Merseysiders have reportedly rewarded him handsomely for upping sticks from Bavaria, with it being claimed he’s banking £150,000 a week.

      Ansu Fati

      The Brighton loanee’s topping of the list may come as a surprise to many.
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      But the 21-year-old – who is loan at The Amex from Barcelona – is currently taking home an astonishing £200,000 at the end of each working week.
      The terms of Brighton’s loan deal with Barca, however, see them pay 80 per cent of the Spain international’s wages – meaning they’re forking out £160,000 a week for his services.
      Ansu Fati tops the list with £200,000-a-week wages – £160K of which Brighton payCredit: GETTY More

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      Marcus Rashford may have had head turned amid PSG transfer interest, fears Man Utd legend

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      MARCUS RASHFORD may have his head turned away from Manchester United, club legend Lee Sharpe has fearfully claimed.Paris Saint-Germain could renew their interest in Rashford following reports that Kylian Mbappe will leave this summer.
      Marcus Rashford could be turned towards PSG move claimed Lee SharpeCredit: Getty
      The future of Kylian Mbappe could decide if PSG make a bid for RashfordCredit: Getty
      Lee Sharpe played 263 games for United between 1988 and 1996Credit: Getty
      The United forward has been on PSG’s radar for some time.
      He even negotiated with the club prior to signing a new contract at Old Trafford last year – although discussions were allegedly used as leverage.
      However, Rashford’s switch to PSG could be back on, amid his poor form this season, having scored a career-best 30 goals last term.
      He has also had off the pitch problems after The Sun exclusively revealed the extent of his 12-hour bender in Belfast.
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      The 26-year-old phoned in sick to training and has since been fined two weeks’ wages worth £650,000 and dropped from the squad for one match.
      But now club hero Lee Sharpe is worried that Rashford’s heart might be elsewhere.
      Sharpe told Lucky Block: “I think only Marcus Rashford knows what’s going on with his United career.
      “It’s difficult for him because he’s ‘Mr Manchester United’ at the moment, but his performances this season compared to last year are like chalk and cheese.
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      “He needs to want to help his team and try and reach those levels of last season; if he isn’t, then he may have had his head turned.
      “There may be something on the inside that we don’t know about which is making him that 4-5 per cent unhappier at the club.
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      “In which case, he needs to leave and be replaced by someone who is 100 per cent behind the team and the manager. Only Marcus Rashford can really answer that question.”
      PSG are in the market for a new attacker following reports that Mbappe, 25, will depart at the end of the season.
      The sensational Frenchman is set to join Real Madrid once his contract expires in the summer.
      Los Blancos are supposedly confident they can get the deal done as Mbappe is open to reducing his £62million-a-year wages.
      He is set to earn more than Jude Bellingham’s entire transfer fee with his Madrid signing-on bonus.
      It’s also understood Mbappe rejected at least one world-record £259m offer from Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia.
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      Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Dave Brailsford attend Man Utd’s Munich Air Disaster memorial with Sir Alex Ferguson & Ten Hag

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      SIR JIM RATCLIFFE and Dave Brailsford were among the attendees at Tuesday’s Munich Air Disaster memorial service.The new Manchester United chiefs paid their respects to the passengers who tragically lost their lives in the 1958 crash at Munich-Riem Airport this afternoon.
      Manchester United paid tribute to the victims of the Munich Air Disaster on TuesdayCredit: PA
      New club stakeholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe was in attendance at the memorial serviceCredit: PA
      Sir Alex Ferguson was also at the memorial serviceCredit: PA
      Current manager Erik Ten Hag paid his respected and laid a wreathCredit: PA
      Ratcliffe – who acquired a 25 per cent stake in his boyhood club last December – joined club legend Sir Alex Ferguson underneath the plaque commemorating those who lost their lives in the disaster at 2:40pm.
      Current manager and team captain Erik ten Hag and Bruno Fernandes paid their respects.
      They were joined by their counterparts from Manchester United’s women’s’ team – Marc Skinner and Katie Zelem.
      Club heroes Brian Kidd and Paddy Crerand – who won the European Cup under Sir Matt Busby ten years after the disaster – also attended.
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      The touching service was led by United’s former chaplain Reverand John Boyers.
      It included several readings, poems and songs before a two-minute silence at 15:04 – the exact time of the fateful crash.
      The traditional singing of ‘The Flowers of Manchester’ ended the silence.
      Twenty-three passengers lost their lives when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on the runway on its third failed attempted takeoff.
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      Attendees took part in a two-minute silence at 15:04 – the time of the fateful crashCredit: PA
      Erik ten Hag and his skipper Bruno Fernandes look through the order of serviceCredit: PA
      Eight players and three club staff members tragically perished in the crash.
      Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor, Geoff Bent, Liam Whelan and Duncan Edwards all lost their lives.
      Club secretary Walter Crickmer also died in the crash along with trainer Tom Curry and coach Bert Whalley.
      Eight journalists also died in the crash, which also claimed the lives of plane captain Ken Rayment and Busby’s friend Willie Satinoff.
      One crew member Tom Cable and travel agent Bela Miklos also died.
      Miraculously, 12 passengers survived the crash – including Busby and the late Sir Bobby Charlton.
      A memorial service also took place in Munich this afternoon near the crash venue.
      Former United players Mike Phelan and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer were the club’s representatives at the service organised by the Manchester Munich Memorial Foundation.
      Phelan, additionally, paid respects on behalf of the club to the recently deceased Franz Beckenbauer – laying a wreath at the Germany icon’s grave. More

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      Former Aberdeen star training with Man Utd as his career takes shock twist

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      THE connection between Aberdeen and Manchester United is the stuff of Scottish football legend.Sir Alex Ferguson once left Pittodrie to rewrite the history books – with Gordon Strachan and Jim Leighton two more Dons heroes who have performed with distinction at the Theatre of Dreams.
      Aberdeen goalkeeper Joe Lewis looks dejected as Aberdeen face BurnleyCredit: Getty
      Erik ten Hag, manager of Manchester United, eased the pressure with a win over West HamCredit: Getty
      And visitors to first-team training at Carrington these last few weeks might have noticed another surprise link with the Dons.
      That’s because veteran former Aberdeen keeper Joe Lewis has been training with Erik ten Hag’s star-studded side.
      According to the Manchester Evening News, Lewis has been sporadically involved in Manchester United first-team training since joining up with the club to maintain fitness in December.
      They claim that he asked one of the United coaches about coming in to train – with the 36-year-old taking part in training this week as the Old Trafford men prepared for the clash with Aston Villa.

      With those who played against West Ham excused the session, Lewis took part in the session with back up keeper Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton.
      It’s thought United will sign another goalkeeper next season, with the 37-year-old Heaton approaching the end of the new one-year extension he signed in June.
      Lewis joined the Dons from Fulham in 2016 and went on to make 271 appearances for the club during his seven year stint.
      A former club captain – was first choice at Aberdeen for years before losing his spot in the team to Kelle Roos last season.
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      He helped the Pittdrie club reach three cup finals in 2016, 2017 and 2018 but unfortunately had to settle for runners up medals in all the occasions.
      The goalkeeper was also named in the PFA Scotland team of the season in 2016/17.
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      Man Utd scout star, 18, who broke Red Devils’ hearts as Ten Hag seeks Jadon Sancho replacement transfer

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      MANCHESTER UNITED have been tracking Copenhagen wonderkid Roony Bardghji as he warms up for his side’s Champions League last-16 clash with rivals Manchester City next month.United dispatched a scout to Portugal to check on Bardghji, 18, in the Atlantic Ocean Cup — an event that Scandinavian clubs use to get back up to speed after the winter break.
      Manchester United are tracking Copenhagen wonderkid Roony BardghjiCredit: Getty
      Bardghji scored the winner against United in NovemberCredit: Rex

      The teenager has been on their radar since his stunning winner in the Danish champions’ 4-3 group stage win over the Red Devils in November.
      Roony Bardghji kept his composure to fire the loose ball into the back of the net, giving Andre Onana no chance.
      And that prompted a superb rendition of “Roony, Roony” around the 38,000-seater stadium – in a clear and brutal jibe at United and their record goalscorer Wayne Rooney.
      And the winger didn’t disappoint the United spy in the stands at the Algarve Stadium on Monday, volleying home his side’s late consolation goal in a 2-1 defeat to Brondby after a lively display.
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      Bardghji burst onto the scene with Copenhagen in 2021, making his senior debut just six days on from his 16th birthday and scoring his first goal for the club a week later.
      The Sweden Under-21 international, who was born in Kuwait City and played football with his Man Utd-mad dad from the age of three, has struck 11 times already this season.
      The youngster’s price tag has soared to around £17million with Copenhagen likely to demand a record fee for the Danish Superliga this summer.
      His Copenhagen career overlapped briefly with United striker Rasmus Hojlund’s time at the club.
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      But the pair never appeared on the pitch together with Bardghji substituted off on his debut before Hojlund made it on for his final league appearance in Denmark.  
      Pep Guardiola’s City side will be acutely aware of his threat ahead of the first leg of next month’s Champions League last-16 clash, which will be Copenhagen’s first competitive game since December.
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      Meanwhile, United will watch Bardghji again on Friday in his club’s next warm-up match against Molde and deploy scouts to both legs of the City tie.
      They are on the lookout for a right-winger after giving up on Jadon Sancho, who has been loaned back to Borussia Dortmund and put up for sale for over £40million. More