Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag explains why Casemiro is not getting picked to start

Casemiro has barely featured for Man Utd since his £70m summer move (Picture: Getty)
Casemiro has barely featured for Man Utd since his £70m summer time transfer (Image: Getty)

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has defined why summer time signing Casemiro has not been beginning video games since his arrival from Actual Madrid.

United spent £70m to signal Casemiro from Actual Madrid over the summer time, however the Brazilian midfielder has barely featured for the membership.

Casemiro – who signed a four-year deal at Previous Trafford – is but to start out a Premier League recreation, making 4 substitute appearances so far.

He performed 90 minutes as United had been crushed at dwelling by Actual Sociedad of their Europa League opener, and returned to the bench for the win over FC Sheriff.

United face Cypriot facet Omonia of their third Group E match on Thursday and boss Ten Hag was quizzed about Casemiro forward of the fixture.

‘We are going to play tomorrow our greatest workforce, we have now to assemble a workforce as a result of we would like a aggressive tradition,’ Ten Hag stated.

‘It had nothing to do with Casemiro, it had all to do with Scott [McTominay]. When he wasn’t within the workforce at Brentford, we misplaced.

‘Casemiro may have an necessary position, we all know his background, the titles he’s gained, you see day by day in coaching.’

Former England striker Darren Bent suspects Ten Hag didn’t need to signal Casemiro and feels he ‘doesn’t belief’ the 30-year-old.

‘I simply query whether or not Casemiro was somebody Ten Hag actually wished,’ Bent informed talkSPORT.

‘You take a look at Casemiro’s resume and what he’s accomplished within the recreation, performed on the highest degree, gained the largest competitions by the way in which and within the greatest recreation of Manchester United’s season to date [against Manchester City], he doesn’t go in.

‘I simply query to begin with whether or not he was Ten Hag’s signing. And secondly, I get it with the legs that [Scott] McTominay’s obtained, can get about, places himself about, has accomplished effectively on this run Manchester United have been on.

‘However that was a query mark when lots of people had been [talking about] Casemiro and I went, ‘Oh, Manchester United’s greatest recreation of the season and he’s not beginning’. That made me assume if Ten Hag does belief him or actually wished him.’

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