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Jesse Lingard on making history with Corinthians

Former Manchester United forward Jesse Lingard is the first Englishman to play in Brazil's Serie A.

Former Manchester United forward Jesse Lingard is making history with Corinthians as he’s the first Englishman to play in Brazil’s top-flight. His career to date has also seen him play for England at the 2018 World Cup and enjoy a spell with FC Seoul in South Korea. BBC News South America correspondent, Ione Wells, has been to meet him in Sao Paulo and in a wide-ranging chat they discuss his time in Seoul, whether Michael Carrick should get the Manchester United manager’s job and how Lingard's Portuguese is coming along.

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