🚨Casemiro on why he cried after the full time whistle:
I spent most of my career in Spain playing for Real Madrid, where I won many trophies. But in just a few seasons at Manchester United, I’ve felt something different — something deeper enough to make grown man cry. Here, I truly feel at home.
The fans, the passion, the chants echoing through Old Trafford… it’s something special. It’s something that touches your heart in a way that’s hard to explain. The love and appreciation from the supporters, even for the smallest efforts on the pitch, mean everything to me.
At Madrid, winning trophies was incredible, but here at United, even a single victory feels just as meaningful — like lifting a trophy of its own. That connection with the fans, that sense of belonging… it’s powerful enough to make a grown man emotional.
And honestly, that’s why I couldn’t hold back my tears.
INEOS kept on a manager they had no faith in, openly canvassing Europe for his successor but then armed him with £200m to spend on players he wanted, and changed the backroom staff before sacking him anyway. They axed a sporting director, whose way of working was well established, because he did not fit in with how they wanted him to work. He warned them about selecting a head coach attached to a fixed style of play, which didn’t suit the squad and how expensive it would be to build a quality 3-4-3. They didn’t listen, insisted they believed wholeheartedly in Ruben Amorim’s approach, but then wouldn’t fully back it in the transfer market and asked him to change the tactical principles that attracted them to him. Some “best in class” decision-making…