Manchester United will hand Casemiro the No.18 shirt whereas the midfielder can be at Outdated Trafford on Monday night to observe their Premier League match towards Liverpool, in response to experiences in Spain.
United are getting ready to finishing their £59.5 million deal for the Brazil worldwide, who’s leaving Actual Madrid having gained 18 trophies with the Spanish membership.
An settlement was reached with Madrid on Friday, nevertheless, visa points have sophisticated United’s purpose to unveil their new signing earlier than their sport towards Liverpool on Monday.
In accordance with Marca, United have now appeared to beat these obstacles as Casemiro will say goodbye to Madrid supporters and teammates at a press convention on Monday earlier than he travels to Manchester later that day.
The report claims that United will current Casemiro at Outdated Trafford on Monday night and are aiming to finish the paperwork to ensure that the midfielder to be accessible for his or her Premier League match towards Southampton on August 27.
It’s understood that United have additionally assigned Casemiro the No.18 shirt, which was vacated by Bruno earlier this summer time.
United’s No.18 shirt was famously worn by Paul Scholes for almost all of his time at Outdated Trafford.
Throughout his time at Madrid, Casemiro wore each the No.38 and No.16 shirts earlier than sticking with the No.14 since 2015.
Talking forward of United’s match towards Liverpool, Erik ten Hag admitted United’s lack of a defensive midfielder is among the causes for his or her poor begin to the brand new Premier League season.
‘I feel we had a great fundamental pre-season, however then our quantity 9 [Anthony] Martial was injured and Ronny [Cristiano Ronaldo] just isn’t match,’ mentioned Ten Hag.
‘The ‘six’ in holding midfield just isn’t there. First sport, we had the 2 in defence who had by no means performed with one another and the goalkeeper was additionally not the very best on this interval.
‘There’s a clear motive why. However I do know we’ll repair that and I do know that we’ll be higher and the outcomes will present this. It has been proven in pre-season.’
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