Jesse Lingard remembers when Sir Alex Ferguson threw him a boot

It was the few heated seconds that marked the beginning of the end for David Beckham at Manchester United.

But this is not the only Old Trafford star to have been launched by Sir Alex Ferguson. Jesse Lingard also had to avoid some stallions.

But unlike what happened when the squad eliminated the former captain of England, the current Three Lions player was more than happy that United started to target him.

Lingard said his moment had arrived when he was in the club's academy – and that he knew immediately that it was a sign of affection.

The 26-year-old told the incident at the Players' Tribune and even badured himself that he explains well what's going on in the Scottish roar of Sir Alex, Alex's trademark. .

"I will never forget it one day, I was always at the academy and I was walking down Carrington's hallways," recalls Lingard.

"I think maybe I was having a bad day, to be honest, I was in my head, so I'm just walking down the halls, and suddenly, I've got it." The impression that a boot is beating my head.

"Thwack! Own thwack." I turn around, like, "Fuck … who did that? "

"And that's Sir Alex, and he smirks, he says," how are you beehavin, "bwoy?"

"He knew what it meant to do something like this.

"That's how you knew he loved you, when he had a little joke with you," added United's star, Lingard.

"I was buzzing for days after that.The main man! I will play for him someday."

United faces Arsenal in the FA Cup this weekend with eight consecutive wins under the command of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.