Paul Scholes gave his thoughts on Manchester United’s new signing Casemiro’s performance in the Europa League win against Sheriff Tiraspol last night.
Casemiro came on for 45 minutes in Moldova and Scholes admitted he was pleasantly surprised by the midfielder’s passing ability.
Speaking to BT Sport after the game, Scholes stated the following;
“He surprised me a little bit with his forward passes, his range of passes; I thought he was more of a winner, getting the ball back in midfield.”
Casemiro has only started one game since leaving this summer from Real Madrid. A match that United lost at home against Real Sociedad on matchday 1 of the Europa League.
United managed to get their Europa League campaign back on track yesterday; Goals from Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo’s first of the season secured a comfortable 2.0 victory against Sheriff.
Scott McTominay started once again last night and produced another solid display. McTominay’s impressive form currently keeps Casemiro on the bench at Old Trafford.
Casemiro is widely expected to work his way into the first eleven to protect the more creative Christian Eriksen and Bruno Fernandes in front of him in the Ten Hag midfield.
Scholes echoes this view, but admits it may take longer than the five-time Champions League winner expected.
“Eventually, he’s going to work his way up on this team, but he’s going to have to wait a little bit… That’s his first game in a while, and I think eventually, with the quality that he has, he’s going to work his way up on the team.”
“We know the quality he has, and he will. He did well, just well, last week (the loss to Sociedad), he’s smart, he’s experienced.”
United’s next game will require them to draw on all their experience and not how, as they face the unenviable task of a trip to The Etihad to face Manchester City on 2 October.
