{"id":618634,"date":"2022-10-17T04:13:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T08:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=618634"},"modified":"2022-10-17T04:13:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T08:13:47","slug":"casemiro-manchester-united-favourite-teammates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/10\/17\/casemiro-manchester-united-favourite-teammates\/","title":{"rendered":"Casemiro Reveals His Favourite Manchester United Teammates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> star Casemiro has revealed his favourite teammates as he settles into life in Manchester.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/real-madrid\/\" target=\"_self\">Real Madrid<\/a> player has made his mark at Old Trafford after jumping ship from the Spanish side this summer for a reported \u00a360 million. The five-time Champions League winner reunited with his former Real Madrid mates Cristiano Ronaldo and Raphael Varane upon arrival in Manchester.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Casemiro is Settling in Well at Manchester United<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well done lads! \ud83d\udd1d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a> \ud83d\udd34 \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UO8m3ePsr3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/UO8m3ePsr3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Casemiro (@Casemiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Casemiro\/status\/1579217851340427265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Who Is the Manchester United Star Getting Along With Most?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking to United\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/videos\/detail\/casemiro-exclusive-interview-on-working-under-erik-ten-hag\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in-house media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Carrington training ground, the midfielder opened up on who he is closest with. The Brazilian international heaped praise on his current teammates and stated that he liked their work culture. He mentioned his former Madrid teammates <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/tag\/cristiano-ronaldo\/\" target=\"_self\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> and Raphael Varane, alongside his Brazil teammates Fred and Anthony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/man-united-news-casemiro-ronaldo-25270524\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>: &#8220;I had already played with [Raphael] Varane, Fred, Cristiano [Ronaldo], and Antony. Working with them day to day, you notice what quality players they are. Really dedicated, humble, and hard-working. I believe the club is very good in terms of player quality, not just with the players but also with the manager. We\u2019re gradually evolving, and we\u2019re on a dynamic run of wins, we\u2019re doing well, that is all really important for us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added that he is closest to Fred, Anthony, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Diogo Dalot. Casemiro said: &#8220;I\u2019m closest to Cristiano, Diogo [Dalot], Fred, and Antony. I think it\u2019s a relaxed dressing room, everyone works hard and has a lot of respect for the badge, the club, and their teammates. I think hard work is the most important thing. Of course, there\u2019s time for work and then time for joking around, I think that\u2019s what&#8217;s most important.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/10\/16\/manchester-united-star-competitive-english-league\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>\u00a360 Million Manchester United Star Opens up on Whether the English Premier League Is More Competitive<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Casemiro on How the Fans in England Have \u201cReally Surprised\u201d Him<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the same interview, the former Real Madrid star went on to talk about how his time in England has been so far.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asked about the city of Manchester and fans of the club, the star opened up on how surprised he was with the passion and emotion surrounding the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/man-united-news-casemiro-fans-25270659\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>: &#8220;Not just the city [where everyone is passionate about football], but I think in the entire country, the way the country lives for football, the passion people have for their clubs in England. It\u2019s not too different to Spain. I\u2019ve been really surprised by the fans, surprised by the atmosphere the fans create. I think the way the fans play alongside the players is really important.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casemiro will look to make his presence felt in the United squad once again as the Red Devils go up against Newcastle United at home. The team will look to continue their winning ways after defeating Omonia Nicosia in the UEFA Europa League. They are also fresh off a 2-1 victory against Everton.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: static !important;\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u27953\ufe0f\u20e3 points <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a> \ud83d\udd34 \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jp22aD25GK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Jp22aD25GK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Casemiro (@Casemiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Casemiro\/status\/1578314141764587521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United star Casemiro has revealed his favourite teammates as he settles into life in Manchester. The former Real Madrid player has made his mark at Old Trafford after jumping ship from the Spanish side this summer for a reported \u00a360 million. The five-time Champions League winner reunited with his former Real Madrid mates Cristiano [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4320,"featured_media":618644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,18,3],"tags":[1920,369,7337,1963],"class_list":["post-618634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","tag-casemiro","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-manchester-united-news","tag-raphael-varane"],"modified_by":"Declan Wiseman, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}