Manchester United have agreed to sign Brazilian midfielder Casemiro and he is expected to play a major role for the club in the years ahead.
Casemiro is seen as the team’s new defensive shield, a midfield destroyer, who will enable the rest of the team to tick.
He has got a bit more in his locker too. He once scored this incredible long range free-kick in action for Porto in the Champions League in 2015.
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Casemiro’s goal came in the Champions League last 16 as Porto beat Basel 4-0. He was on loan to the Portuguese side, and a young Ruben Neves came off the bench in the same match.
The Brazilian was on a year long loan at the Portuguese club, before returning to play a major role at Real Madrid.
Back at Real, he rarely got a chance on free-kicks, with Cristiano Ronaldo taking centre stage. But when you can strike a ball like this, its wasteful not to do it more often.
Let us hope Manchester United get to see him score a goal like this at least once.
- CASEMIRO: Factfile
- Real Madrid signed Casemiro from Sao Paulo for £5 million in 2013, after an initial loan to their B side.
- He has gone onto form one of football’s best midfield trios with Luka Modric and Toni Kroos.
- Casemiro has won a staggering five Champions League trophies and three La Liga titles.
- He is an international teammate of Fred for Brazil; the pair have 11 clean sheets from 15 starts together.
- Casemiro has more than 330 appearances for Real Madrid, scoring 31 goals.
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