Jesse Lingard has revealed how close he came to taking a complete break from football during lockdown as he battled mental health problems and his mother’s depression. Lingard spent almost two years in the wilderness at Manchester United as he struggled with to cope with mum Kirsty’s condition. I was thinking about other things, and obviously bottling it all up trying to play football, you’re tense, you’re stressed and you can’t do it. “It feels like you’re not the same person, I feel like I wasn’t Jesse Lingard,” he added. “I could see myself playing but watching the game back I’m thinking ‘that’s not me, that’s not how I play’.

Source: Express April 22, 2021 10:30 UTC