Casemiro says he is ‘happy to be at Manchester United’ (Reuters)
Casemiro has hit back at suggestions that he should quit Manchester United at the end of the season.
The 32-year-old has come under fire for his performances this season, most notably after United’s 4-0 defeat away to Crystal Palace earlier this month when Jamie Carragher told the Brazilian to ‘call it a day’.
In his post-match analysis after United’s loss at Selhurst Park, Carragher said: ‘
I think Casemiro, deadly serious, should know tonight as an experienced player that he should only have another three games left at the top level, the next two league games and the cup final, and then he should be thinking, ‘I need to go to the MLS or Saudi’.
‘I’m deadly serious. His agent, the team of people around him, they need to tell him, ‘this has to stop’.
‘The football has left him at this top level. He has to call it a day at this level of football and move.’
However, Casemiro has suggested he has no plans to leave United this summer.
‘I feel very well, very well,’ Casemiro told Sky Sports.
Casemiro was criticised after Manchester United’s 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace (Shutterstock)
‘I’m really well, I feel healthy, with energy and the same mentality I always had.
‘I guess people end up talking about the age factor, but it’s been proven. Recently, our friend Thiago Silva, at the age of 39 coming here and showing that, yes, you can play. The previous Ballon d’Or winners were over 34.
‘At Man City, there’s Kevin De Bruyne. [Mohamed] Salah at Liverpool. I think age is not an issue, it is not a factor in this, but analysing one’s game and knowing about everything that is happening around the game.
‘These are people who analyse football well, who see what’s happening, who know what’s happening, analysing not the age.
‘But I’m well, I’m happy, living every day I get to play here. As I usually say, Manchester United gave me what I wanted. This joy of being able to enjoy the game, enjoy the Premier League.
‘So, I’m happy to be here at Manchester United and enjoying the game.’
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