Al Nassr’s decision to welcome Casemiro to the Saudi Pro League this month is something that Cristiano Ronaldo is really excited about.
Casemiro, a Brazilian midfielder who was Ronaldo’s teammate at Real Madrid, has declined in popularity under Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford. Ronaldo was Ronaldo’s teammate at Real Madrid.
And Ronaldo is of the opinion that adding one of the most decorated midfielders in Europe to Saudi Arabia will further raise the league’s prestige, despite the fact that Casemiro appears to have lost some of his sharpness this season.
As reported by the Daily Star, Manchester United is willing to consider any bids made for Casemiro, whose current contract is worth 300,000 pounds a week and accounts for a sizeable portion of the club’s total wage cost.
The 32-year-old player has not been seen on the pitch since the home loss to Newcastle in late December. Amorim has been favouring Manuel Ugarte in the middle of the field with Bruno Fernandes, the national captain. Toby Collyer, a young player, has also been receiving more opportunities, while Kobbie Mainoo has surpassed Casemiro in the hierarchy of potential starting players.
Considering that Amorim had left Casemiro out of the lineup as an unused replacement during the Europa League match against Rangers on Thursday, he questioned whether or not he could be a part of his preferred 3-4-2-1 formation.
According to Amorim, “He needs to have the characteristics, and then I need to choose the player with the characteristics based on how I see the game.” “It is exactly like that, and I have to make some decisions. I want to play a game that is sometimes different from what other coaches do, and I have to make a decision based on that.” That is the only thing.”
According to Amorim, who stated after the victory against Fulham that he would rather pick 61-year-old goalkeeping coach Jorge Vital as a replacement while stressing commitment difficulties, it is still uncertain whether Marcus Rashford will receive the transfer he craves this month. This is despite the fact that his relationship with Amorim has clearly broken down.
While everything is going on, Lisandro Martinez is putting pressure on United’s underperforming forwards to perform better. However, the fact that the squad was able to win the match against Fulham on Sunday is evidence that the rest of the team is capable of easing the pressure that Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee are under.
Martinez believes that there is room for improvement in terms of providing the centre forwards with passes of higher quality, despite the fact that it is acknowledged that United is still the process of becoming used to Amorim’s tactical strategy.
Martinez stated, “We accept any responsibility that may arise.” “I believe that we played a lot of long balls to them, and that is an extremely difficult situation for them. They compete against two centre backs, and this is a position in the Premier League where it is quite challenging to win against centre backs.
However, they must also improve their performance. Despite the fact that they are incredibly strong players, we need to make a greater contribution and position them in a more advantageous position on the pitch. It is necessary for us to locate them in both the appropriate and the risky locations in order to make them score.