By Anthony Hay for MailOnline
Published: 17:00 GMT, 23 January 2019 | Updated: 17:08 GMT, 23 January 2019
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Jesse Lingard has said he would not be playing for Manchester United and England if it wasn't for his weightlifting grandad and Sir Alex Ferguson.
Lingard has revealed all in his blog on Players' Tribune where he speaks about how he made it to the top of the game.
The 26-year-old attacker lived with his nan and grandad when progressing through the ranks at boyhood side United and it was the latter who pushed him on.
Jesse Lingard has praised his grandad for helping him become a professional footballer
Lingard lifts weights in his grandad's gym as he discusses his path to the top of English football
Lingard and his grandad reminisce as they look through old images of Jesse playing football
He wrote: 'Listen, I know everyone talks about Sir Alex's hair-dryer treatments. I've heard all the stories from back in the day. They were legendary. But you've never seen a beasting until you've seen my grandad doing his thing.
'This was a different level, mate.
'You've gotta understand, my grandad is proper old school. He wasn't even a football man, really. In his younger days, he was a
