Jesse Lingard has become the first Manchester United player to comment on the decision to sack Jose Mourinho. Mourinho left United on Tuesday morning after a conversation with Ed Woodward, and was replaced by former player Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who will take charge until the end of the season.

United will then look to appoint a permanent manager in the summer as Solskjaer returns to Molde in Norway. United players have remained quiet on social media since the news of Mourinho’s sacking – aside from a deleted post by Paul Pogba who claims his controversial ‘caption this’ photo was a scheduled promotional post.

But now Lingard has taken to Instagram to thank Mourinho for his management over the last two and a half seasons. Lingard established himself as an important first team player during that time, and scored the last goal of Mourinho’s reign in the 3-1 defeat to Liverpool.

The 26-year-old also broke into the England squad that reached the World Cup semi-finals in the summer. Lingard posted a picture of himself and Mourinho during a recent match, with the caption: “Thank you for the wisdom.”