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Josh Challies

Jesse Lingard compares former Manchester United teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Michael Jordan

Jesse Lingard has identified some similarities between former Manchester United teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic and basketball legend Michael Jordan.

Lingard has been watching Netflix's The Last Dance series, which follows the Chicago Bulls in the 1998 NBA season, Jordan's last, and shines a light on his ruthlessness.

Dubbed a 'really inspiring story' by the England international and he revealed it reminded him of Ibrahimovic, who he played alongside at Old Trafford.

"I have to say Zlatan. As soon as he came to Man Utd you could feel that aura around him," he told BeIN Sport.

"He had that winning mentality and that drove us, motivated us to win many trophies. Not many people have had that effect. He had that raw winning mentality, he'd played at big clubs before and had that mentality.

"He came to Man Utd and said he wanted to win trophies. At that time I was a young player, Marcus Rashford was young, as soon as we won that first trophy it made us hungry for more. I'd say he brought that winning factor and winning mentality to the team."

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