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Jesse Lingard Likened to Andres Iniesta by Rene Meulensteen

Former Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen has intensified the pressure placed upon rising Red Devils star Jesse Lingard after comparing the 22-year-old with Barcelona ace Andres Iniesta.

Speaking to club magazine United Review, Sir Alex Ferguson's former No. 2 likened Lingard to the Spain veteran, but admitted the United playmaker is only beginning his Old Trafford journey (h/t Daily Star's Luke Gardener): "I see him as an English version of Iniesta. He has still got a long way to go. But that is the sort of player I see in him.