“I have spoken with him this morning. Casemiro’s will is to go out and take on a new challenge, we understand that.” Carlo Ancelotti, The Madrid coach has already given up on the Brazilian midfielder, ready to seek new adventures at Manchester United. “He wants to try a new challenge, a new opportunity,” explained the coach, who did not even try to convince the player to stay.
Ancelotti wasted no time because he knows that United are offering Casemiro a dream contract, nearly doubling his current salary, plus five seasons. He is now 30 years old and would be 35 when the contract that he is about to sign with the English team expires, willing to invest 60 million, at least, to take him to the Premier.
“Listening to his will and his desire there is no way to go back”
Ancelotti, Madrid coach
“Listening to his will and his desire, there is no way to go back,” Ancelotti acknowledged. “The players understand him, all of Real Madrid has a lot of respect for him. On a personal level, when you spend so much time with such a friendly and professional person, you’re not happy, but respect prevails”, added the coach.
“I have discussed it with Casemiro. He wants to try a new challenge and the club understands that,” argued the Italian coach. “Because of what he has done and the person he is, we have to respect that wish. If he asks for it, we have to accept it,” added Ancelotti, always in a very understanding tone.
Shift to Tchouameni
“We have spare parts that can play there,” the Madrid coach said later, already focusing on Tchoumaneni, for whom the club has just invested 80 million fixed plus 20 in variables to get him to start this summer from Monaco. A young French midfielder, 22 years old, who is presented with the challenge of living the post-Casemiro at the Bernabéu.
“He’s ready for Madrid. He’s one of the best midfielders on the market. Kroos can also play there,” revealed the Whites’ coach, indicating that “Casemiro cannot be replaced” because each player has different characteristics. “Defensively Tchouameni is more similar to Case than Kroos”, he underlined after admitting that until Thursday he did not know the true intentions of the Brazilian to leave the Santiago Bernabéu.
“We have six midfielders if he comes out. With him, it was seven. Six is enough to handle the whole season because they are very, very good.”
Ancelotti, Madrid coach
“We have six midfielders if he leaves. With him, there were seven. Six are enough to handle the whole season because they are very, very good,” Ancelotti assured, highlighting the structure he has left in midfield despite the hole that he is provoked by the unexpected departure of Casemiro in the final days of the market.
I respect your decision
“What reasons has he given? I can’t answer, they are personal things for Casemiro, he will have to say it”, commented the white coach, who has avoided controversy over the decision of his still player.
“It happened to me at Milan as a coach, it was like a family, but I thought about trying a new experience. A new League, a new country, a new language… It’s something personal, I understand it perfectly,” he has said on several occasions .
“I am sure that we will do well with or without Casemiro”
Ancelotti, Madrid coach
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Casemiro trained, meanwhile, in the sports city of Valdebebas and it is not guaranteed that he will travel to Vigo where Madrid plays this Saturday against Celta (Balaídos, 10:00 p.m.). He is now pending to resolve the final details with United.
“I’m sure we’ll do well with or without Casemiro, everyone recognizing the importance of this player and the love we have for him as a person”, Ancelotri confessed