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Jesse Lingard joins Brazilian giants Corinthians for remainder of 2026

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Published 3 months ago

Former Manchester United midfielder ⁠Jesse Lingard has joined Corinthians for the ‌rest of 2026 after ‌two years at FC ‌Seoul, the Brazilian top-flight ‌club said on Friday.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lingard-jesse/xpqeeiSB/"]Lingard[/a]'s ‌contract may be automatically renewed until the ‌end of 2027 if ⁠certain ‌performance targets are met, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/corinthians/QBGfQbSe/"]Corinthians[/a] ​said in a statement on X.[/p][p]The ​England international, who came through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]United[/a]'s youth ⁠academy and ​won the FA Cup, League Cup and Europa League at the ‌club, moved to South Korea in 2024 after a season at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Nottingham Forest[/a] in which he did not score a goal or get an assist in ‌17 Premier League ​appearances.[/p][embed guid="097e0918-c019-4147-979c-9736e45caeb8" url="https://x.com/Corinthians/status/2029923706072617174" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 33-year-old Lingard scored ‌16 goals for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/seoul/8tzeYeHp/"]Seoul[/a].[/p][p]Corinthians, third in Brazil's Serie A, host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/coritiba/KGO4pUqO/"]Coritiba[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/corinthians-QBGfQbSe/coritiba-KGO4pUqO/?mid=bwZFIhGF"]March 11[/a].[/p]

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