Manchester United and England footballer, Jesse Lingard, has bought a Rainbow Six Siege competitive gaming team and rebranded it as JLINGZ!
The 28-year-old is a gaming fanatic and has high hopes for the e-sports world.
Read on to find out more about the JLINGZ team.
JLINGZ e-sports team
Jesse Lingard has acquired the Rainbow Six Siege competitive team, Audacity Esports.
Audacity Esports competes specifically in Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is an online shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft, which has a strong tactical element embedded in it.
Lingard has high hopes for the growth of esports, as he stated that “It’s only going to grow further. It’s the right time to get involved.”
The Manchester United forward then went onto say that this was the perfect opportunity to stay busy outside of football.
More footballers to enter the esports world
We’ve already seen the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Sergio Aguero streaming Fortnite and FIFA on Twitch, but we could see more footballers join Jesse Lingard in buying their own e-sports teams.
click to enlargeWhen asked whether he could see other players following in his footsteps, Lingard said “I know various other footballers who are looking to get involved; [Gareth] Bale, [Mesut] Ozil, [Sergio] Aguero.”
Lingard said that footballers, such as himself, can utilise their social media following to point more traditional sports fans in the direction of e-sports games, such as Six Siege.
Jesse won’t be stepping in and playing alongside the professionals just yet but says he plays casually with his friends as he tries to improve.
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