Casemiro texted his agent ‘tell them I’ll fix this’ while watching Brentford game from home in Madrid
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It will go down as one of the most humiliating defeats in Manchester United’s recent history.
On August 13, 2022, just a week after a miserable 2-1 home defeat to Brighton, the newly-appointed Erik ten Hag watched on as goals from Josh Dasilva, Mathias Jensen, Ben Mee and Bryan Mbeumo put Brentford 4-0 after just 35 minutes.
Ten Hag tried his best to switch things up at half-time, with Scott McTominay, Raphael Varane and Tyrell Malacia coming on. But the game had all but gone. United sank to the bottom of the Premier League with 0 points from two games.
It was a disastrous start to the season for the Reds, and many were convinced that potential transfer targets would turn down any approach from a team drained of self-belief and structure.
But a soon-to-be £60 million signing was convinced by the Old Trafford project.
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Watching the game unfold from his home in the Spanish capital, then-Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro sent a message to his agent, saying: “Tell them I’ll fix this”.
That’s according to a report from The Telegraph, who go on to claim that shambolic performance at the Gtech Community Stadium only enhanced his desire to join United.
Over dinner, Madrid officials gave Casemiro a so-called ‘final chance’ to reconsider but he wanted to join United. The rest is, well, history.
“Everything I did here [at Real Madrid], I want to do there too. I want to show my fighting spirit, capacity to work hard, professional attitude. I want to work hard every day to show how serious I am about them.
“I want to win the league there, I know it is an exciting league.”
He added: “I am going through one of the best moments of my career. I feel I’m really fit, mentally I feel great, and I want to continue to enjoy my day to day and hopefully I can do that there.
“I feel like it’s a great moment to take this decision.”
He added: “I am going through one of the best moments of my career. I feel I’m really fit, mentally I feel great, and I want to continue to enjoy my day to day and hopefully I can do that there.
“I feel like it’s a great moment to take this decision.”