'Keep believing and your dreams will come true' - Lingard opens up on Man Utd 'setbacks'

The Red Devils midfielder discussed his early career struggles and how those struggled helped lift him to the first team Jesse Lingard admits he has encountered his share of "setbacks" at Manchester United, but those hurdles helped prepare him for the first team.

Lingard has been with the Red Devils' academy since he was seven years old before eventually signing a first-team contract in 2011.

It took nearly three years for the midfielder to earn his Man Utd debut, though, with Lingard leaving on a series of loans. Following stints with Leicester City, Birmingham, Brighton and Derby and a lengthy layoff due to a 2014 knee injury, Lingard finally locked down a regular spot at Old Trafford in 2015-16.

He's gone on to make 202 total appearances for his boyhood club, scoring 31 goals in the process.

"I was always small, when I was in the Under-18s I played most Under-16s games because a lot of people were bigger than me, but it didn't faze me," Lingard said on The Official Manchester United Podcast .