Lingard: Man Utd’s marquee signings are proven winners

Jesse Lingard insists the winning mentality of new signings Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba will rub off on the rest of the Manchester United squad.

Jose Mourinho’s side have made a sluggish start to the season and currently sit sixth in the Premier League table.

But serial winners like Pogba – who won Serie A with Juventus four seasons in a row – and Ibrahimovic who did the same in France with PSG – have helped the squad’s mindset.

And Lingard is adamant that the best is still to come from the squad.

“The players that have come in can help a lot,” he said.

“We’re still getting to know each other better, to learn off each other week in, week out. But with the four signings we’ve made [Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan being the others], I think we have a strong enough squad to win the league this season.

“The mentality of wanting to win has come into my game more.

“Before games, my first thought was to play well but often if you get the win, the performance will come with it. When Zlatan came in, the first thing he said was he wants to win. Obviously that mentality rubs off on all the team.”