Jesse Lingard’s new contract has provoked a strong reaction

Jesse Lingard divides opinion like few other Premier League players.

Some find his dancing and elaborate handshakes annoying. While others find them very, very annoying. However, the Manchester United winger scored the winning goal in the FA Cup final last year, and a goal in the EFL Cup final this season. He's not a guaranteed starter for Jose Mourinho's side, but the United manager appears to see him as a useful member of the squad as Lingard has signed a new four-year deal. "Jesse has been with the club since the age of seven," Mourinho told the club's website on Thursday.

"He has good intelligence which, when combined with his energy and ability, makes for a player with a great future ahead of him. "Jesse is a popular member of the squad and I am delighted he has signed a new contract."

Lingard's new deal, worth a reported £100,000 a week, has provoked a strong reaction on social media. https://twitter.com/SkyKaveh/status/849985653534339072 Some felt it wasn't the end of the world, and that such a figure is the going rate for a squad player with one of the world's richest clubs. https://twitter.com/AlexShawESPN/status/849993574678757376 https://twitter.com/AlexShawESPN/status/849993769999093760 https://twitter.com/MarkOgden_/status/850047234527961088 https://twitter.com/WazzapItsJess/status/850032176615837696 https://twitter.com/Nick_MUFC_87/status/850039942843650048 https://twitter.com/ItsASeriousMata/status/850042710773968896 https://twitter.com/Jason9Bent/status/850016275174653954 https://twitter.com/UtdRantcast/status/849992225903738880 However, others see it as confirmation that football has now completely lost the run of itself. https://twitter.com/LiamPaulCanning/status/849989860840673280 https://twitter.com/LiamPaulCanning/status/850000143327821824 https://twitter.com/LiamPaulCanning/status/850007695050625025 https://twitter.com/N_m_93/status/850039769426001920 https://twitter.com/CalWattsy/status/850018632419684353 https://twitter.com/carlogarganese/status/850013330144194561 https://twitter.com/TheOfficialFNG/status/849996929811587072 https://twitter.com/PinnacleBen/status/850049191111950336 Lingard may not be a world beater, and probably wouldn't last two minutes in a dressing room containing Roy Keane, but good luck to him. He must be doing something right.