Jesse Lingard told he ‘isn’t a football player’ in brutal comments by FC Seoul boss as ex-Man Utd star threatened with exile from first team amid nightmare Korea spell

Lingard sealed a shock move to FC Seoul in February but has been struggling to impress his manager who has already criticised his work rate in his brief time at the club. The former Red Devils has now come in for a fresh blast from the Seoul boss who has cast doubt on his future at the club.

Kim said: "I've been thinking a lot about removing Jesse. I don't think a player who doesn't run for a few minutes is a football player. If he doesn't fight, and doesn't run better than the player who runs for 90 minutes?"

Lingard is yet to have much of an impact at the club following his move. He's made only three substitute appearances and has yet to manage a single goal or an assist, although he does have two yellow cards to his name already. FC Seoul currently sit in seventh place in the table after four games and have won just one match so far this season.

Lingard clearly has work to do to convince his manager of his qualities. He is currently struggling with a knee injury which could rule him out of FC Seoul's next game against Gimcheon Sangmu on April 3.