He told the YouTube-based talk show 'Presenting' his mental health deteriorated to the extent he contemplated quitting or at least taking a time-out from the game. "I could have easily quit in lockdown (the first one in March last year due to the coronavirus pandemic)," he said. "I was thinking about other things, and obviously bottling it all up trying to play football, you're tense, you're stressed and you can't do it. "It feels like you're not the same person, I feel like I wasn't Jesse Lingard," he added. "I watch my old games back, the World Cup games and the old games I used to play and I think 'yeah, that's the real Jesse Lingard'.

Source: News 24 April 22, 2021 12:11 UTC