MANCHESTER UNITED star Jesse Lingard has been enjoying a real purple patch of late.
While his hot goal-scoring form would be enough to please most fans, his habit of showing off a new dance to celebrate has really got supporters talking.
Lingard has now scored eight times in his last ten games, including in his last two games against Everton in the Premier League and Derby in the FA Cup.
Most of those goals have been screamers too, as the fledgling star, now 25, finally begins to live up to his potential.
In fact, in the Premier League this season, Lingard has scored seven times and assisted four more – averaging a goal involvement every 84 minutes.
Going into the 2017-18 season, the United star’s average minutes per goal involvement was a meagre 378 – comfortably demonstrating how well he has come on this season.
His tally of a goal involvement every 84 minutes is fourth in the Premier League, behind only Mohamed Salah, Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling.
But some fans have questioned whether he in facts loves scoring, or simply the excuse to get up and dance in front of a packed crowd.
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Last season, Lingard debuted a bizarre jig, that appeared to show him hopping about while playing a flute.
After scoring in the 3-1 victory over Middlesbrough, the England ace hopped over to fans to perform the dance, much to most people’s confusion.
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After the game, Lingard moved to clear things up, saying he promised a friend he would do the dance if he scored, after Drake dropped his Portland album.
On the album, there is a “minimalist Andes flute” sample… so that clears that one up.
However, this season, we’ve seen a lot more Lingard goals – and therefore a lot more Lingard dancing.
The first one of the season to catch the eye of fans was during the Arsenal game, when he doubled United’s lead.
Accompanied by Paul Pogba, Ashley Young and Anthony Martial, Lingard performed the “Milly Rock” dance – made famous by American Football stars in the NFL as early as 2015.
The name of the dance itself derives from the song of the same name by artist 2 Milly.
More recently still, we’ve seen another dance – the “Schmoney Dance” – after he scored his screamer to break the deadlock in the FA Cup clash with Derby.
After netting the superb strike, Lingard ran over to the Stretford end to show off the move, made famous by rapper Bobby Shmurda.
The only question now is, which dance will Lingard break out next?
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