A weekly salary of 350,000 pounds! 33-year-old Fat Tiger insists on staying at Manchester United and rejects Saudi Arabia s high-paid invitation for the World Cup

On June 29, Simon Mullock, chief reporter of the English media Daily Mirror, wrote an article about the latest situation of Manchester United midfielder Casemiro. According to him, the 33-year-old Brazilian midfielder has stated that he will stay at Manchester United and believes that this will help him participate in next year's World Cup.

Casemiro, born in February 1992, is 33 years old. After joining Manchester United for 70 million euros in August 2022, he signed a four-year contract, plus an extension of one year, and a weekly salary of £350,000 also made him the second highest salary in Manchester United team second only to De Gea at the time. Now, De Gea has become a memory of Manchester United, while the 33-year-old Fat Tiger still insists on Old Trafford. Of course, he is already the highest salary in the team.

Last season, Manchester United only won 15th place in the Premier League. He finally reached the UEFA Cup final, but lost to Tottenham 0-1 and completely missed the European Cup. But even so, Casemiro's performance is still remarkable. He played in 42 games to contribute 5 goals and 2 assists, including 1 goal in 24 Premier League games, and averaged 3.46 steals, 0.62 interceptions and 2.00 clearances per game. In the Europa League, Fat Tigers also had 2 goals and 2 assists in 13 games, averaging 2.54 steals, 1.08 interceptions and 2.00 clearances per game, and sent 640 passes and 14 key passes, with a passing success rate of 85%.

Thanks to his heroic performance at the end of last season, Casemiro has won the trust of Manchester United's new coach Amorin again. In the Brazilian national team roster in early June, Fat Tiger was also on the list. In both South American qualifiers group stages, he started and played the whole game. Ancelotti, who once coached Real Madrid twice, still appreciates the personal abilities of this former disciple. If Casemiro maintains his current form, it is not a luxury to be selected for the Brazilian roster next summer in the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup.

And this is also the most important reason why Casemiro decided to stay at Manchester United in the new season. In his opinion, a high level of league will help him stay in shape and prepare for the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup next summer. It is worth mentioning that in the past 18 months, Casemiro has had more than once a scandal with Sandy League, who offered him a huge salary far higher than Manchester United, but was eventually rejected by Casemiro.

Manchester United is still relatively calm about Casemiro's choice. Although the former's weekly salary of £350,000 is very eye-catching, his performance is pretty good after all, and Amorin also highly recognizes him. Manchester United's current attitude is that if Casemiro chooses to stay, there is no problem. If you want to go to Saudi Arabia to get a high salary, you won’t be able to keep it. However, Rashford, Sancho and others who also received high salaries were not so lucky. Manchester United had to send them away at all costs this summer.