After Ronaldo, Casemiro to play with Messi?

He arrived in June 2022 as a big signing. Casemiro was a five-time European champion with Real Madrid prior to his English adventure. The Theatre of dreams didn’t bring much to the Brazilian midfielder, who won just one Carabao and one FA Cup during his four year spell. Maybe Casemiro was expecting more from the club, but also United expected even more from the Brazilian. After all, He earned around 21 million euros per year at Old Trafford, excluding bonuses. So when you add up those wages plus the transfer fee, it turns out that United paid a total of 150 million euros for Casemiro. Considering such a cost, it was inevitable that the Brazilian won’t continue in Manchester beyond this season. After it was officially announced, the next big question was where will Casemiro go? A month after the official announcement, first potential clubs appeared in the press, and one of them is particularly interesting.

According to the Sun, the midfielder has attracted interested from the MLS side - where Lionel Messi plays - as well as from Sao Paulo in Brazil and Porto in Portugal. Off course, it goes without saying that Saudi Arabia clubs are interested as well and considering their amount of money, it’s not impossible that he will decide to go there, mainly due to the fact that no other club (apart from Saudi ones) will be able to match his United’s wages. But according to the reports, he went to Miami with his wife last week to scout the area ahead of a potential move, which could see him become the 28th player to play with both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Casemiro actually played with the Portuguese superstar twice – In Real and Manchester and they were together on the pitch for 122 times, and might now play with former Barcelona captain for the first time. Sao Paulo, meanwhile, is the club where Casemiro played as a youth player. It is reported that they are prepared to offer him a two-year contract, as well as a non-playing role for when his career is over.

PREMIER LEAGUE - MATCHDAY 27

Saturday

Aston Villa - Leeds 1-1 (0-1)

/Abraham 88 - Stach 31/

Brentford - Brighton 0-2 (0-2)

/Gomez 30, Welbeck 45+1/

Chelsea - Burnley 1-1 (1-0)

/Pedro 4 - Flemming 90+3/

West Ham - Bournemouth 0-0

Manchester City - Newcastle 2-1 (2-1)

/O'Reilly 14, 27 - Hall 22/

Sunday

Crystal Palace - Wolverhampton 1-0 (0-0)

/Guessand 90/

Nott. Forest - Liverpool 0-1 (0-0)

/Mac Allister 90+7/

Sunderland - Fulham 1-3 (0-0)

/Le Fee 76 pen - Jimenez 54, 61 pen, Iwobi 85/

Tottenham - Arsenal 1-4 (1-1)

/Kolo Muani 34 - Eze 32, 61, Gyokeres 47, 90+4/

Monday

23.00: (3.80) Everton (3.70) Man.Utd. (2.00)

***odds are subject to change***