Roy Keane claims agents must be DELIGHTED dealing with Manchester United after Casemiro is handed five-year deal at 30… as Gary Neville admits it is hard to get excited about new signings
- Roy Keane has questioned the terms behind the deal for new signing Casemiro
- 30-year-old Casemiro signed for United on a five-year deal last week
- Gary Neville admitted it is hard to get excited about new signings at United
- Neville suggested any new signings clearly aren’t in the club’s long-term plans
Roy Keane has suggested ‘agents must be delighted dealing with Manchester United‘ after Erik ten Hag‘s side handed new signing Casemiro a five-year deal.
30-year-old Casemiro has joined United on a £350,000-per-week deal with the club hoping he will be the answer to their long-running midfield problems after missing out on Frenkie de Jong and Adrien Rabiot.
Keane, who was speaking on Sky Sports before the game, admitted he thinks the Brazilian is a good signing, but questioned the thought behind the deal.
Five-time Champions League winner Casemiro has signed for Manchester United
Former United midfielder Roy Keane has questioned the thought process behind the deal
‘I think he’s a good signing,’ said Keane. ‘They paid a lot of money on a five-year deal.
‘If United come looking, you know will get a good deal. They are desperate, it is a lot of money – the agents out there must be delighted dealing with Man United.
‘Any player coming in is coming into a bad group and that’s a problem for any player.’
Gary Neville, meanwhile, admitted it is hard to get excited about new signings at the club because he knows they haven’t been in United’s plans long-term.
Brazilian Casemiro was paraded around the Old Trafford pitch before the Liverpool game
Gary Neville admitted it is hard to get excited about new signings at Manchester United
The Red Devils missed out on primary midfield target de Jong before chasing Rabiot, but that deal too fell through over issues surrounding personal terms.
‘Sometimes I don’t get as excited as I should do as a United fan about the signings because I know they were not part of the strategy at the start of the summer,’ said Neville, who made 604 appearances for United in a career-long stay at…