CASEMIRO claims his archetypal play astatine Manchester United was his champion ever contempt mixed fortunes successful the Premier League.
The midfielder joined United pursuing a £70million woody with Real Madrid successful 2022.
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AlamyThe Brazil planetary enjoyed tremendous occurrence during his nine-year stint astatine Real wherever helium won 3 LaLiga titles, the Copa del Rey and 5 Champions League trophies.
However, the 32-year-old hasn’t been capable to replicate the aforesaid occurrence astatine Man Utd, contempt winning the Carabao Cup and FA Cup successful his archetypal 2 years with the club.
Some of Casemiro’s performances the past 2 seasons person been heavy criticised, particularly from pundits specified arsenic Jamie Carragher who powerfully advised him to move to Saudi Arabia oregon the MLS.
However, the Brazilian is adamant that his debut play astatine Old Trafford featured the champion ever mentation of himself arsenic helium amassed a full of 7 goals and 7 assists successful 53 appearances.
Casemiro told AS: “It was the cleanable time. I had won everything with Madrid and I had to instrumentality connected different challenges. Looking astatine my career, individually, my champion play arsenic a nonrecreational footballer was the archetypal with United.
“I’m not saying collectively successful presumption of titles. Madrid’s Champions League is the ultimate, but arsenic a subordinate I deliberation Old Trafford saw the champion Casemiro successful my archetypal year.”
Casemiro insists helium inactive has a batch to connection to United contempt a fewer sub par performances, which person seen him falling retired of favour nether caller manager Ruben Amorim.
So overmuch truthful that the antiaircraft midfielder, who started his archetypal Premier League crippled of 2025 successful Sunday’s 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Spurs, wants to spot retired his £375,000-a-week contract, which runs retired successful 2026.
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Casemiro said: “I person to support doing what I’m doing, with a batch of respect and education. Of people I’d similar to play more, of course. I don’t cognize immoderate subordinate who doesn’t privation to play and help.
“Also, I’d similar to assistance the nine astatine this time. I attack things with respect for my team-mates and the method committee.
“And supra all, I respect United, a nine to which I’m precise grateful. I person a twelvemonth and a fractional near connected my declaration and I’d similar to fulfil it present successful Manchester. I’m comfy present and truthful is my family.
“They’ve adapted, we talk English. I’m precise grateful to the Old Trafford fans and to the club. I’m blessed astatine nine level. Happy successful the bench? Of people not. That’s different thing.”
Casemiro is nary alien to winning implicit demanding managers passim his 14-year vocation astatine the apical level.
The versatile midfielder has shone agleam for the likes of Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane astatine Real arsenic good arsenic Tite successful Brazil – the trio who helium considers his “top three” coaches.
Casemiro added: “Nobody wins truthful galore titles conscionable by being nice, though helium is. I person a immense affection for Ancelotti.
“For maine helium is successful the apical 3 of the coaches I person had, on with Zidane, of course, and Tite, who was the manager of Brazil. I person had others who person near their people connected me, similar [Jose] Mourinho oregon [Julen] Lopetegui.
Casemiro’s Man City warning
“But Ancelotti is an old-school manager who didn’t enactment stuck successful the aged school. Carlo modernised similar football. Tactics, carnal preparation… Ancelotti didn’t enactment stuck successful the aged school.
“He has the quality and calmness of an aged coach, but with the quality of the caller ones. An perfect mix. An unthinkable manager due to the fact that of him and his staff.
“Carlo is antithetic from others and has known however to people an era. In shot determination are respective ways to win. [Pep] Guardiola’s tiki-taka, the strength and surviving the passionateness of shot similar [Jurgen] Klopp, the antiaircraft powerfulness of [Diego] Simeone, for whom I person a batch of respect…”
Casemiro continues to travel Real’s matches and rooted for them during their astir caller 3-2 triumph implicit his existent club’s rivals Manchester City astatine the Etihad.
The Brazilian is assured his erstwhile nine tin marque it to the Champions League’s past 16 acknowledgment to the Santiago Bernabeu origin but warned them not to underestimate Man Utd’s noisy neighbours.
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Casemiro stated: “It wasn’t a astonishment to me. Madrid astir ever does it and everyone knows the past of this squad and what it is susceptible of doing.
“Madrid ever grows until the extremity and ne'er gives up. Even losing 2-1, I knew determination was a batch to play for. And that’s City and a large manager similar Guardiola. But they did it.
“On apical of that, the instrumentality limb volition beryllium astatine the Bernabeu with a large effect aft the 2-3. It won’t beryllium easy, but the Bernabeu, connected those Champions League nights, is precise special.
“I privation each the luck successful the satellite to my erstwhile team-mates and not lone due to the fact that of my rivalry with City, but much truthful for Madrid. I anticipation they get done to the past 16. Even if it hadn’t been against City, I’ll ever privation Madrid to win. Unless we conscionable 1 day, of course…
“Yes, this is the Bernabeu. But beryllium careful, it’s going to beryllium difficult. City aren’t astatine their best, but they’re City. They person [Erling] Haaland, [Kevin] De Bruyne, a large goalkeeper similar Ederson.
“Madrid, unneurotic with the Bernabeu, are going to marque it precise hard for City. I anticipation Madrid makes it to the past 16.”
Man Utd ratings v Spurs
MANCHESTER UNITED slipped to a 12th decision successful the Premier League with Rasmus Hojlund coming nether occurrence again.
Here’s however SunSport’s Katherine Walsh rated the Manchester United players against an underachieving Spurs broadside – who are present 3 places supra them successful 12th – successful North London.
Andre Onana – 3
United can’t bash thing with him betwixt the sticks. Can’t beryllium trusted to cod anything.
His other fig Vicario showed him a happening oregon 2 aft returning for the archetypal clip since Spurs thrashed Man City successful November.
At responsibility for the archetypal extremity erstwhile helium palmed retired a comparatively anemic bouncing changeable into Maddison’s way successful the 13th minute.
Noussair Mazraoui – 5
An OK performance. Clever link-up play with Zirkzee but couldn’t get clasp of Spence down the left-hand side.
Pulled retired an fantabulous transverse for the Dutchman’s headed accidental late-on.
Matthijs de Ligt – 6
His clearance stopped an evident 2-0 earlier the half-an-hour mark.
Harry Maguire – 5
A mixed bag. Long shot implicit the apical for Hojlund’s accidental successful opening 10 minutes and went connected a fewer attacking runs himself successful the archetypal half.
Did good to halt Dejan Kulusevski from having a spell astatine the borderline of the box. But bizarrely stopped successful his tracks erstwhile a transverse came flying into Son aboriginal on.
Diogo Dalot – 6
A hard day for the Portugal planetary arsenic Son and Djed Spence near him for dormant a fewer times.
Hesitated erstwhile asked to sprout from 5 yards to marque it 1-0 but helped Onana retired with immoderate clearances too.
Patrick Dorgu – 4
A Prem debut to forget. He was astir invisible from the left-hand side. And lacked prime erstwhile asked to get progressive much successful the 2nd half.
Was stupidly caught offside with Bruno Fernandes offloading a stunning transverse transportation walk and booked late-on.
Casemiro – 5
Looked each spot a subordinate that hasn’t played Premier League shot for 2 months. Unsurprisingly booked for a precocious 1 connected Son.
Bizarrely dropped to the turf asking for a free-kick erstwhile cipher touched him. Was forced to play 89 minutes with 8 teenagers connected the bench. A hard afternoon, indeed.
Bruno Fernandes – 5
Interceptions and breaking up play is not a portion of the captain’s game. An uncharacteristically mediocre transverse near United unfastened connected the counter.
Did get backmost to halt Son from having a changeable astatine Onana connected the hr people and started ticking successful onslaught successful the last 20 minutes.
Alejandro Garnacho – 4
Looked shaky and chopped a frustrated fig aft blazing implicit an implicit SITTER from 10 yards to level the scores.
A spot of a shocker and looked a wholly antithetic subordinate to the 1 who got United into the fifth-round of the FA Cup past week.
Woke up a spot successful the 2nd fractional arsenic Vicario kept him astatine bay with respective superb stops. But the 20-year-old is intelligibly amended disconnected the bench.
Joshua Zirkzee – 6
The champion of a desperately mediocre beforehand three. There’s a thoroughfare subordinate successful determination and he’s large with his touches astatine times.
But curled wide from 23 yards, stuck a header wide successful the 70th infinitesimal and kicked an aerial changeable successful the last 5 minutes.
Rasmus Hojlund – 3
Is Hojlund the worst No 9 successful United’s caller history?
The young Dane, who was unlucky to person a accidental saved by Vicario, was 2nd champion successful each escaped shot and kept losing possession.
He was adjacent caught offside aft a walk from an Onana goal-kick successful the archetypal fractional – however often bash you spot that happen?
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