Casemiro being 'disrespected by Man Utd teammates' as Ten Hag problems emerge
Casemiro's Manchester United teammates have been slammed for 'disrespecting' the Brazilian.
United have endured a dreadful start to the season and sit 10th in the Premier League after four defeats in their opening eight games. Casemiro has featured in all 11 of their games in all competitions so far this term, though the midfielder has suffered from a loss of form.
With boss Erik ten Hag failing to settle on a preferred central midfield pairing, Casemiro has found it difficult to make an impact. But rather than blame the Brazilian, former United star Paul Parker believes it is his teammates who are not pulling their weight.
“He wants to attack, defend, go into the duels, run with the ball, get into the box and get all the way back to make a tackle in his own box and I get why he is doing it but it's wrong,” Parker told Bettors.
“It's like the kid in school who is so much better than the rest so he wants to do everything himself but in the end it makes him look bad, even though he does it from a good heart.
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“He does it because the younger players around him are just walking around. Rasmus Hojlund is the only one who is working hard and a lot of the players are being disrespectful to Casemiro by the way they just walk around on the pitch.
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Casemiro has been defended despite his poor start to the season (Alex Dodd - CameraSport via Getty Images)"Casemiro is trying his best but it's not working at the moment. Casemiro is a super player, so I have no doubt that he will improve once he gets this stability around him. He needs some help from the players around him.”
While he pushed the blame for Casemiro's stuttering start onto the midfielder's teammates, Parer did concede that he had not had the best pre-season preparation. But the former right-back believes he can follow the trend of icon Eric Cantona and rediscover his form.
“Casemiro did look a bit heavy when he came back from holiday before the pre-season. I could imagine that his performances have been affected by that. But Eric Cantona was always heavy when we started the pre-season," Parker added.
"But then the season started and he was there to perform 100%. Eric didn't enjoy the pre-season at all. We have to say that Man United are lacking stability at the moment. Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez are injured.
"Erik ten Hag haven't played with the trio on the midfield with Casemiro, Eriksen and Fernandes, which Casemiro enjoyed so much to be a part of.
“I still think that he will be able to turn things around when the team starts performing better. Right now it looks like he is trying too much because he knows he won't get hard work from the players around him.”
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