Casemiro, 70 million legend: this is the official agreement between Real Madrid and Manchester United

• Real Madrid Casemiro leaves: "It is his will"

called him into his office in April 2013

, the young

(Sao Paulo, 1992) trembled with fear.

"What have I done?

But if I haven't done anything!», He asked himself, as he would confess years later.

At that time,

, as his last name was, was playing with

de

after being signed from

and had barely trained with the first team, but he had already surprised the Portuguese coach.

So much so that he summoned him for a duel against

in which he made him debut as a starter.

«Mou told me: '

'.

And that's what I did."

Almost a decade later, Casemiro has gone to death in the

he has played with Real Madrid, he has won

Leagues, three Leagues and has become a legend.

A success that, at

, has led to the most difficult decision of his career: asking

to let him go to

, as

announced this Friday at a press conference .

«He wants to try a

.

The club and I understand him, it is his will and we respect his decision », explained the Italian coach.

That "new challenge" for Casemiro in Manchester also implies doubling the salary that he currently receives at the

, since at Old Trafford he will earn

, he will be the second highest paid footballer in the red squad behind

and ahead of De Gea and will sign a

extendable until 2027. That is to say, it could be a red devil until he turns

.

Real Madrid and Manchester United have made official an operation

that will be around

, according to what this newspaper learned.

A high price, the third most expensive sale in Madrid history after Cristiano's to Juventus and

's to United himself, but the amount demanded by the white team and by Casemiro himself, who wanted to leave the Spanish capital to The big thing: after having won

and with a super offer for the club.

The agreement was signed this Friday, Casemiro has not been called up for Madrid's match against Celta and

in an institutional act in Valdebebas.

"Real Madrid wants to express its gratitude and affection for Casemiro, a player who is already part of the legend of this club," Madrid said on its website.

With his move to British lands, Casemiro fulfills one of the objectives that remained in his career.

"

", he replied during an interview he conducted last July.

Said and done.

At Old Trafford he will meet again, although we will see for how long, with Cristiano Ronaldo, who is looking to join a Champions League team.

That will be the strangest situation for Casemiro, who for the first time in his European career will play in a team that is not playing in the top continental competition.

United, with the Dutchman

on the bench,

in goal,

in defense and players like

, will fight to win the

while fighting to return to the Champions League.

After two days of the league he is bottom, hence the desperate interest in a leader like Casemiro.

That night in Dortmund

The Brazilian, leader of a Madrid of the time, won the target in the 20 minutes he played at the

in Dortmund in the

13-14, the course of the

.

After winning 3-0 at the Bernabéu, Madrid found themselves 2-0 down and sustained themselves thanks to the physical and mental claw that Casemiro gave from his start in 73. He would play the last games of that League before going out on loan to

, where he became an adult to return in 15-16.

"

joked with him

in the locker room of the Kiev Olympic after winning the 2018 European Cup. In four courses in the Madrid first team, Casemiro had raised four orejonas.

An idyll that allowed him to give away his last big match on

.

After a Champions League in which the Whites had come from behind without him on the field, he was once again a colossus against Liverpool to raise his fifth European Cup to the sky.

A farewell according to a legend that now says "goodbye" to the growing competition (

...) and the desire for new experiences.

Grateful him and grateful Madrid.

Only

remain from the Tenth squad .

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