{"id":298144,"date":"2023-11-19T20:25:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T20:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=298144"},"modified":"2023-11-19T20:25:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T20:25:27","slug":"man-utd-face-casemiro-conundrum-as-ten-hag-options-now-clear-for-struggling-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/man-utd-face-casemiro-conundrum-as-ten-hag-options-now-clear-for-struggling-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd face Casemiro conundrum as Ten Hag options now clear for struggling star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Should Man Utd sell Casemiro? | Football Digest<\/h3>\n

At \u00a3350,000 a week and with a transfer fee of \u00a361.7million back in August 2022, Casemiro has cost Manchester United around \u00a384m to date. It is a sobering figure even in the world of football and even in the world of United where the same was shelled out for a player in Antony who has produced just four goals and two assists in 34 Premier League outings.<\/p>\n

But with Sir Jim Ratcliffe apparently questioning the shrewdness of recent transfer policy and using Casemiro as a case in point \u2013 why not Antony you might ask \u2013 what are the facts? Does Casemiro deserve the fanfare or the title of flop? And what should be done with the remainder of a contract that could see him stay until the summer of 2026 if he so wished.<\/p>\n

Most United fans would agree that Casemiro was one of the bright spots in last season\u2019s resurgence under Erik ten Hag \u2013 providing the sort of maturity, solidity and passing skill from the base of midfield that was been lacking in the games of Scott McTominay and Fred.<\/p>\n

He scored vital goals on more than one occasion including opening the scoring against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup Final which United won. As importantly, he helped to channel the authority of new manager Ten Hag in a dressing room divided after the latter stages of Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s increasingly sour second spell at the club.<\/p>\n

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Echoing his manager\u2019s demands for better standards throughout a club that had let players become too lax and lazy under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Casemiro was crucial in helping the transition under Ten Hag. In that role alone Casemiro was priceless, helping to shore up United\u2019s manager in a season in which they lifted a trophy, made another final and finished in the top four.<\/p>\n

Just imagine the financial cost had Ten Hag not made it through his first season. Yet if the money for the Brazlian has been justified until now, Casemiro\u2019s loss of form this season \u2013 he is currently sidelined with injury \u2013 has started to pose a problem. And it is not only Ratcliffe who can see it. Casemiro is owed another \u00a345m in wages over the course of the next two and a half years and judging on his current trajectory, he has no chance of proving anywhere near worth it.<\/p>\n