DBasia.news – Casemiro has played two matches since joining from Real Madrid. Even though he has not yet had the opportunity to appear as a starter for Manchester United.
Instead of immediately making the five-time Champions League winner a mainstay, manager Erik ten Hag seems to prefer to put Scott McTominay.
At the heart of the Red Devils midfield, the duo of McTominay and Christian Eriksen seemed irreplaceable.
In fact, since officially becoming a new member of the Red Devils, Casemiro is in 100 percent fit and undergoing training very well.
Casemiro is fit after completing a full pre-season with Real Madrid before making his Man United debut as a substitute against Southampton.
At first, many thought it was Casemiro’s time to show off from the first minute when Man United traveled to the King Power Stadium, Leicester City’s headquarters.
However, unexpectedly, it turned out that ten Hag had decided not to change his preferred team, as when they won at Southampton.
Names such as captain Harry Maguire, superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, including Casemiro, are back on the bench.
For the first two names, fans still consider it reasonable if Ten Hag left them. As is known, Maguire has been a weak point for Man United for a long time, while Ronaldo’s performance has not been stable during his transfer saga yesterday.
Well, what makes fans shake their heads is the absence of Casemiro in the starting XI ten Hag. Signed with a price tag that is quite expensive, £ 60 million, is it true that the Brazilian star is projected only to be McTominay’s backing?
“Of course, it’s an option [to play Casemiro], a really good option,” ten Hag told MUTV.
“However, in the last two games, we played pretty well, so I want to give this team [who won against Southampton] one more chance to play in this match,” explained ten Hag.
“There is no meaning whatsoever to the future [regarding the reason for leaving Casemiro]. We want to bring players into the team. We have a lot of games, so we will rotate,” explained ten Hag, at the same time dispelling the notion that Casemiro would only be used as a cover for McTominay .
Meanwhile, Man United legend Rio Ferdinand could only shake his head sadly at the way Ten Hag treated a player of Casemiro’s caliber. In his view, the winning players will likely be furious if they continue to only warm the bench.
“He can get angry because he doesn’t start, all the top players want to play every minute of the game,” Ferdinand told BT Sport.
“However, ten Hag said in this transfer window that they have to bring in the right players in the right areas, and Casemiro is of course one of those players,” Ferdinand said.
On social media itself, many Man United fans were disappointed because again they couldn’t see Casemiro playing from the start.
Fans believe Casemiro’s transfer to Old Trafford is the club’s response to their midfield as the weakest department in recent years. However, in fact, a player of Casemiro’s class has not yet had a chance to debut as a starter.
Sunday this weekend, Man United will have an opponent who is gacor-gacornya, Arsenal. Red Devils fans will probably boil over if Casemiro is still on the bench in this match and McTominay is put on the front again.