Paul Scholes sends advice to “brilliant” Man United player, he has to go into “survival mode”

Paul Scholes has sent advice to one “brilliant” Manchester United player following a difficult start to the season.

The Reds bolstered their squad with summer signings Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui, Leny Yoro, Joshua Zirkzee and Manuel Ugarte, significantly strengthening Erik ten Hag’s team.

United’s successful sales of players like Jadon Sancho, Mason Greenwood, and Scott McTominay helped finance these new arrivals.

However, there were also several potential departures that didn’t come to fruition for various reasons.

Casemiro looked destined to leave the club at the end of last season but without any Saudi Pro League clubs coming forward for a transfer, there were limited options for the Brazilian.

A late loan move from Turkey did not materialise, and Casemiro is set to stay at Old Trafford for the rest of the season.

However, he has had difficulties so far this term, particularly in the 3-0 defeat against Liverpool, where he made mistakes for two of the goals.

Scholes sends Casemiro advice

Paul Scholes, who thrived in midfield during the latter years of his playing career, has given the 32-year-old some advice.

The former United midfielder believes Casemiro should go into “survival mode” and look after himself on the pitch rather than trying to do too much.

“There’s no doubt Casemiro is a brilliant player for what he’s done, but I just think when you get into your early 30s, you almost have to go into survival mode and start to look after yourself,” Scholes told the Manchester Evening News.

“I don’t think he does that. He runs too much, if anything. If he just stayed and played his position, I think he’d be alright. I think about when I got into my 30s, and I thought I have to survive here.

“I’ll play in my position, I’ll stay here and not go forward that much, I’ll defend when I can, but when I played, we had brilliant forward players, so I didn’t really have to get involved with that, I could just stay back and relax, whereas he probably feels his forward players aren’t good.

“It seems like he’s got to help them out, and I think that’s taking away from his own game and what he’s good at, which is just sitting there. He’s not asking me for advice, but if I could advise him, I’d say stay in your position, let everybody else around the pitch do the running.”

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