This is Casemiro's life in Manchester with training at dawn and dusk: "He is stronger than ever"

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Carrington employees have gotten used to it by now.

, whose smile betrays a total integration into the Manchester United dynamic, has made the training center of the legendary English club his base of operations.

The home of an ascetic under that sky that is always on the verge of collapsing.

There will be those who notice an austere parking lot typical of a shopping center and facilities that are far from the luxuries of the Manchester City academy.

But Casemiro feels more than satisfied.

He usually shows up long before his turn.

An hour before at least.

And he sees sunset from the same place.

There is not a day without a pre-workout or post-workout session.

"He loves it here.

And there is no more to see.

He is stronger than ever », they admit from the English club.

Casemiro, convinced that Spartan life makes his life easier in his new journey, does not deviate from his discipline.

This Thursday, February 23, Casemiro reaches 31 years of age.

There won't be time for too many celebrations, at least before that second leg of the Europa League

in which Manchester United host Barcelona at Old Trafford after the hard-fought 2-2 first leg.

At the Camp Nou, Casemiro starred in a beautiful fight with

in ​​which the Brazilian opposed maturity to courage in the Sevillian clash.

The duel will not be repeated this time due to Gavi's sanction, which leaves coach

with few possibilities in the axis, with

in the infirmary and

fresh out of an injury.

test yourself

Last summer, there were those who wondered why Casemiro needed to leave behind the triumvirate that he formed at Real Madrid with

and

, even more so after starring in a great Champions League final against Liverpool.

After hoisting the trophy in Paris he became convinced that his work was complete.

He wanted to prove himself.

And it didn't matter that they warned him about the harshness of living in a place like Manchester, where the mood tends to frolic with the unpleasant weather.

There are no way stations between Carrington and the home he shares with his wife and his two young children on the outskirts of the urban center.

Relationship with Ten Hag

The employees who deal with Casemiro at the English club mark a starting point in his adaptation: the day Erik

rescued him from the bench in the derby against City and when United was already losing 4-1 (the game ended 6-3).

Since then, the Brazilian has become the fundamental piece of the Dutch coach in the throat of the field.

paradise

, the midfielder has already scored four goals (his top was seven with Madrid).

«The

with Ten Hag has been fantastic.

And Casemiro likes his obsession with tactics.

Or that he stops training over and over again in search of perfection », they discover this newspaper from United.

He has not yet been able to meet

.

But

and

, who now make a living as commentators, have already let Casemiro know that Old Trafford has given in to his emotional way of understanding football.

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