Jesse Lingard reveals he hasn’t been ‘pushing himself’ at Man Utd this season but hopes for fresh start after delay
MANCHESTER UNITED star Jesse Lingard has admitted he hasn't "pushed himself" enough this season.
But the 27-year-old is determined to come back all guns blazing when the football season restarts on June 17.
Lingard has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford this summer, and has flitted in and out of the starting XI.
The Premier League season will resume in just over two weeks following the coronavirus delay.
And Lingard is ready to prove to boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer that he has a future at Old Trafford.
Speaking to told , the 24-cap England international said: "Finishing a season, it feels like a mini-season for me, so to go back in, like I say, flying from the get-go, in which I feel good and then, obviously, for next season to just carry on.
"I have the right attitude, I have the right desire, I have the right hunger to win games to play for United to obviously win trophies which is one of the most important things.
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"I think we can get there, we all need to push each other to new heights, day in, day out in training.
"So I don't see why we can't take it into the game too.
"But trophies are the main thing and individual targets like goals and assists, I have a lot else that I target before the season because I do that anyway but last season, for some reason I didn't set any targets.
"My mind wasn't there, I wasn't really pushing myself. It felt like it weren't me. You feel like when you watch yourself you're like 'that's not Jesse.'
"I know who I am and my family know who I am, I know how I play and, like I say, I didn't really push myself last season.
"So this season I'm gonna have targets, I'm gonna have goals that I need to hit, individually and as a team as well."
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Lingard had a forgettable 2019 where he didn't manage a Premier League goal for the entire year.
And 2020 hasn't exactly been full of positives with him struggling to cement a starting spot under Solskjaer.
He has made 35 appearances in all competitions, scoring just twice.
But Lingard, who has spoken of how he and his team-mates DO feel safe returning to training, doesn't seem ready to give up on his United career just yet.
