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Jesse Lingard’s South Korea Earnings as He Leaves FC Seoul

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Former Manchester United starlet Jesse Lingard’s time in South Korea is coming to a teary finale this month. The 32-cap England international enjoyed plenty of bright moments during his time with the Premier League giants, winning the League Cup, Europa League, and FA Cup – scoring the winner against Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium in the latter.

But Lingard is now 32 and belongs to a small group of forgotten English footballers plying their trade abroad, far from the public eye after his rose-tinted trajectory in his home country came crashing down. After a move to Nottingham Forest failed to help him rediscover the form that once made him a wonderkid, he opted for a complete change of scenery with a culture-shocking switch to FC Seoul.

Since then, he has made 67 appearances for his new club, embracing the culture shock that awaited him and contributing to 29 goals – a clear illustration of how much he has gained from fully committing to his new surroundings. His new East Asian fanbase were desperate for him to extend his contract for another year, but he is set to let it run out after earning far less than you might expect. Watch his teary goodbye below:

How Much Money Jesse Lingard Earnt at FC Seoul

Former Nottingham Forest midfielder Jesse Lingard

According to The Mirror, up to 25 clubs were interested in signing Lingard at the start of 2024 when he became a free agent following his one season at Nottingham Forest. Among those potential suitors were Serie A giants Lazio, as well as some English clubs. Instead, though, he opted to take a massive pay cut and join FC Seoul to earn just £17,500-per-week.

That is a massive drop-off from the £180,000 he was collecting weekly at the City Ground. But for him, his lifestyle changes were just as important as earning enough to feed his family, with him detailing a massive shift in his mental health, diet, and everyday life earlier this year.

And even still, a £910,000 yearly salary is certainly nothing to lose sleep over, and a full breakdown of his earnings between the start of his contract on February 7, 2024, through to when his deal expires on December 31 would make any normal working person look twice. See his full earnings below:

Jesse Lingard’s income breakdown at FC Seoul

Per Hour

£104

Per Day

£2,500

Per Week

£17,500

Per Month

£75,833

Per Year

£910,000

Full earnings

£1,732,500

Lingard Reccomends Three Improvements for K League To Make

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In his final appearance, the former England international scored, but his final act was leaving behind a message on where he believes the K League must improve. As per The Korea Herald, he noted that improvements need to be made in pitch conditions, club infrastructure and refereeing.

He pointed out that, unlike in Europe, where under-soil heating keeps pitches playable in winter, some Korean grounds became untrainable in bad weather. “There were times we simply couldn’t train because of the conditions, like when it snowed,” he said. He also stressed the importance of investing in infrastructure around the team.

“Clubhouses and facilities must improve. It’s not only about physical or technical aspects. The environment has a huge impact on players mentally and psychologically.”

Refereeing was his final point. “I’m not a player who usually has problems with referees,” he noted. “But there were games where it felt like emotions were being provoked on purpose. Sometimes it was very hard to control your feelings because of how the match was managed. That has to get better.”

As he prepared to fly back to England, Lingard said his immediate plan is to rest and spend Christmas with his daughter and family before deciding his next move in January. MLS clubs, Saudi Pro League clubs, and Hollywood-owned Wrexham are among the early favourites to sign him on a free transfer.

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Arsenal Ready £80M Bid For Bruno Guimaraes

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Arsenal are preparing an £80 million bid for a key transfer target this summer, according to TeamTalk, as they ramp up their business in the market.

The Gunners have started to put the pieces into place for their first few arrivals of the window, after securing the Premier League title last season.

A move for Leicester wonderkid Jeremy Monga appears to be close, while talks have been held to sign Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge as a squad option.

Beyond the pair, Arsenal are also looking at those who can make an immediate impact, and have set their sights on Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes.

After making an initial bid for the Brazilian, it appears as though the North London club are stepping up their efforts with another offer on the way.

Arsenal Prepare Another Bruno Guimaraes Bid

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Arsenal’s initial £55 million bid for Guimaraes wasn’t enough to tempt Newcastle into a deal, as the star enters the final two years of his contract.

Despite that rejected, the Gunners look set to ramp up their efforts to land the Brazilian, as TeamTalk claims an £80 million bid is soon on the way.

It’s unclear whether that will be enough to tempt Newcastle, with no public valuation set on the 28-year-old while the club faces a battle to keep hold of him.

It looks like an increasingly tough prospect, however, as the report adds that Guimaraes has told the Magpies that he has no intention of signing a contract extension that would take his stay beyond the next two years.

That may prompt an exit while the star player, who has been described as “brilliant”, is still able to maximise his value for the club on the transfer market.

It plays a key role behind Arsenal’s pursuit of the midfielder, alongside deals elsewhere that could have a knock-on effect.

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Arsenal’s move for Guimaraes has been accelerated in recent days, which could well be an impact from another Newcastle deal this summer.

Sandro Tonali continues to be linked with an exit from St. James’ Park, as the Italian international has caught the eye of many top clubs in the market.


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Arsenal are preparing their first bid of the transfer window for a Premier League star, after already pushing to sign Bruno Guimaraes.

Tottenham are frontrunners to sign him, with a £100 million valuation set, which could have a major impact on whether Newcastle feel obliged to sell Guimaraes.

It means Arsenal could look to get a deal done before their rivals, to ensure they are able to land their top target to help improve the midfield ranks.

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Causes and Aftermath of Brazil’s shock 7-1 World Cup defeat to Germany

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On July 8 2014, in front of 58,141 fans at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, Brazilian football died in a very public humiliation.

Germany tore apart the tournament hosts in a World Cup semi-final that defied all logic, racing into a 5-0 lead after just 29 minutes before eventually running out 7–1 winners.

It wasn’t a football match; it was a demolition. A nation that had spent four years building towards this tournament, the first on Brazilian soil since 1950, was reduced to rubble.

Thomas Müller opened the scoring after just 11 minutes, and the Germans didn’t stop. Miroslav Klose, Toni Kroos (twice) and Sami Khedira added four more in an eight-minute spell before the game had even hit the half-hour mark. André Schürrle added two further goals in the second half before Oscar gave the shell-shocked crowd a last-minute consolation. By then, Brazil had long since ceased to exist as a competitive football team.

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The seeds of disaster had been planted long before kick-off. Brazil arrived at the semi-final without Neymar, their talisman and the tournament’s standout player, who had fractured a vertebrae in the quarter-final after a reckless knee from Colombia’s Juan Zuniga. His absence removed not just Brazil’s best player, but their entire creative identity. Neymar had scored four goals and provided two assists in the group stages alone; there was no plan B without him.

Captain Thiago Silva was also suspended, leaving Brazil without both their defensive leader and their most composed presence under pressure. Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari had run out of ideas, handing the armband to David Luiz and trusting a makeshift defensive unit to hold one of Europe’s most technical sides. The decision proved catastrophic. Brazil was carved open again and again.

Scolari’s approach had been to build everything around Neymar rather than produce a collective quality side. So when Neymar gets taken out, the plan goes to waste.

Brazil’s midfield was overrun from the first whistle, and there was a wider sense of complacency, a belief born from home-crowd pressure that tournament destiny would carry them through. Germany didn’t cater to that opinion; they pressed high, moved the ball quickly, and exploited every single yard of space.

The Mineiraco: The wound that would not close

Luis Felipe Scolari has guided Brazil to two World Cups.

Brazil had a history of heartbreak on the world stage, but nothing had prepared the country for this. The defeat was immediately compared to the Maracanzo — the 1950 World Cup final loss to Uruguay on home soil, widely regarded as the greatest trauma in Brazilian sports history. Where the Maracanazo had been a narrow defeat, this was something a lot more damming.

Journalists and pundits scrambled for new vocabulary, and they found it in Mineiraco, using the suffix often used in journalism to describe a devastating, catastrophic defeat, the same one used for the 1950 defeat. Within hours, it had entered the Brazilian vocabulary permanently.

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The images from inside the Mineirao told the full story. Grown men wept openly in the stands. Children buried their teary faces in their hands. The Brazil players stood motionless, some in tears, as the scoreboard ticked all the way up to seven. The emotional weight of hosting a World Cup, a tournament Brazil had won five times, collapsed under the scale of the defeat. The sense of shame was immediate.

The internet had its own response. Such was the volume of video highlights uploaded to Pornhub in the hours after the final whistle that the platform was forced to issue a public statement asking users to stop — its sports category had been flooded.

The episode, as darkly comic as it was, underscored the extent to which Brazil’s humiliation had transcended football and become a cultural event. Even the world’s largest adult content site was not immune to fallout.


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Some of these will stay in the minds of fans forever.

Scolari resigned within days, and a 3-0 third-place playoff defeat to the Netherlands compounded the misery. The Mineiraco didn’t just end a tournament; it ended an era, exposed structural rot within Brazilian football, and forced a long-overdue reckoning with a culture that had coasted too long on individual quality.

12 years on, it remains the benchmark for sporting catastrophe. Some wounds never fully heal. Brazil haven’t won the World Cup since 2002, with the Mineiraco being the closest they have got to lifting the trophy. The humiliating defeat set them back years, and it still lingers on the country, who are desperate to return to glory.

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£325k-a-week Star Turns Down Tottenham Move Despite Mega Salary Offer

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Tottenham have been handed a major blow in their efforts to sign Marcus Rashford this summer, according to the i Paper, as the Manchester United ace is not currently open to join the club.

It comes as Spurs have been linked with the winger as a potential option to improve the forward ranks, as talks continue over the signing of some key players up front.

Savinho has emerged as a top target once again, after last summer’s interest, with talks being held over a potential £60 million deal for the Brazilian.

There is also interest in Cody Gakpo, who offers slightly more experience. Then there’s Rashford, who is available on the market, but he has seemingly made his mind up over a deal in North London.

Marcus Rashford Makes Tottenham Decision

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While Tottenham have outlined Rashford as a transfer target for this summer, a deal for the forward appears tough, as the i Paper reports that the England international isn’t keen on a move to the club.

It’s stated that the 28-year-old doesn’t want to join another Premier League club, despite his previous success in the division, as he looks for an exit outside of England.

It follows on from Rashford’s successful loan spell at Barcelona, which saw him become a useful squad option for the club, where he could enjoy his football once again.

However, the Blaugrana opted against a permanent deal to sign the Man United star, who had a permanent clause in his loan move, with a move for Anthony Gordon going through instead.

Barcelona are claimed to be open to another loan move for Rashford, though the Red Devils prefer an exit in the region of £40 million, which could drop to £25 million in the coming weeks.

It means Tottenham will miss out on a move, unless the player’s stance changes in the near future. That said, it will save the club on wages.

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Marcus Rashford Nathan Ray Seebeck via Reuters

Tottenham’s move for Rashford would’ve been expensive in the long-term, not due to the transfer fee, but due to the likely wages the club would have to take on.

The Man United star earns £325,000-a-week, according to reports, and Tottenham are seemingly willing to pay that wage if they can get a deal over the line.


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Tottenham are pushing to sign the midfielder.

It’s a monumental amount that would smash through the current wage structure for the Lilywhites, as they look to invest even more in the market.

However, with Rashford seemingly turning down the possibility of moving to Tottenham and other Premier League clubs, that may save the club a huge amount that can be invested elsewhere in the squad.

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