Casemiro says the words every Manchester United fan wants to hear

Since signing for Manchester United in the summer, Casemiro has become an absolute fan favourite. After initially starting several games on the bench, Erik ten Hag brought the Brazilian midfielder into the starting XI and has not looked back since.

After signing for £60 million from Real Madrid, many were skeptical as to why the club would spend so much on a player entering his 30s, but after a few months in Manchester Red, there is no doubt that the club have acquired one of the greatest midfielders of a generation.

Affectionately known among fans as “Case”, the five-time Champions League winner answered fans’ questions ahead of the World Cup in an interview with club media and spoke of his desire to continue winning trophies.

“I think the key right now is to have a strong and solid team that can compete,” Casemiro said when questioned about what he wants to achieve with the club. “Of course, you’re always aiming at winning trophies, but I believe that we have to think about each game as it comes, we’re on a good run and we’re growing and improving with each game that we play.

“So that’s how we should be thinking really, I’m not one for looking too far ahead. I prefer to enjoy the present. So I just focus on the next game and of course as a result in the end we all want to win silverware, but I’m the type of player who wants to keep on amassing win after win after win.”

Manchester United have not won a trophy in five-and-a-half seasons, last lifting silverware in the form of the Europa League under Jose Mourinho in 2017 – and fans have been dying for the trophy-lifting feeling ever since.

As a man who has won almost everything in his career, Casemiro has the knowledge almost like no other as to what it takes to win, and this will only bring added value to the changing room.

Going from Real Madrid to Manchester United is certainly no small step, and transferring between the two clubs has been a previously well-travelled route, with Raphael Varane making the same switch one year prior. Casemiro, when asked why he chose to move to United, was full of praise for the club.

“Without a doubt, it was down to the great stature of Manchester, because it’s a massive club with a great history,” he said. For sure that was the big attraction for coming here.

“I think that the great standing this club has in the game and its great history are definitely the most important reasons to be here. It’s also a fresh set of goals in a brand-new league for me. So that presents a really big and exciting challenge for me and I’m working really hard to achieve them alongside my teammates.”

Casemiro was also full of praise for the Manchester United fans: “One of the things that has surprised me the most over here has been the supporters. The passion that they have for the game and how they really live for their football.

“When the weekend comes around, how the fans just live off their football. How the fans just exude football, and you can see that football is their passion and that football is their life. So it’s not just here at Old Trafford for the home games, but away from home to, wow, the fans are just incredible.

“The supporters, the atmosphere, the way the fans get behind us, just fantastic, and one of the things that has surprised me the most since coming to England. But you cannot want for anything more from our fans, and what’s more, you have to thank them for the way they support us and I have never seen anything like that before.”