{"id":382356,"date":"2026-01-21T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/382356\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:44:09","slug":"the-casemiro-statement-that-is-looking-worse-and-worse-all-the-time-in-rio-ferdinands-eyes-speaks-volumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/382356\/","title":{"rendered":"The Casemiro ‘statement’ that is looking ‘worse and worse all the time’ in Rio Ferdinand’s eyes speaks volumes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rio Ferdinand\u2019s verdict on Casemiro says it all after the Manchester United and Brazil midfielder has continued to play a key first-team role at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Casemiro<\/a> is in the final six months of his current Manchester United<\/a> contract and the 33-year-old Brazilian is widely tipped to leave Old Trafford<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n

Describe Casemiro\u2019s performance in one word\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 <\/p>\n

Unsung hero against Leeds\u2026<\/p>\n

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Man Utd\u2019s contract with Casemiro<\/a> does include an automatic extension clause if the Brazil international starts 35 matches across all competitions this season.<\/p>\n

However, it is now unlikely that the former Real Madrid star would pull off the aforementioned feat before the end of the 2025-26 Premier League campaign.<\/p>\n

Casemiro is free to speak with clubs outside of England in January and sign a pre-contract agreement ahead of a potential summer transfer move away.<\/p>\n

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\" CasemiroPhoto by Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesRio Ferdinand drops a major swipe on Jamie Carragher after the pundit\u2019s criticism of Casemiro<\/p>\n

Casemiro rediscovered his form after Ruben Amorim<\/a> arrived at Old Trafford in 2024 and climbed back into the starting XI of the Manchester United first-team<\/a> squad.<\/p>\n

The Man Utd midfielder has since been brought back into the Brazil set-up after the appointment of former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti last summer.<\/p>\n

Rio Ferdinand<\/a> was critical of the criticism that pundit Jamie Carragher<\/a> applied to Casemiro in the past and feels the Liverpool legend\u2019s statement has aged poorly.<\/p>\n

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Speaking on Rio Ferdinand Presents<\/a>, he said: \u201cHas football left Casemiro? Is it gone? I dunno, is it back?<\/p>\n

\u201cThat statement looks worse and worse all the time, because even this season, he\u2019s done well most of the time,\u201d he said on his podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always think this when you look at players in teams and they\u2019re not doing well, it\u2019s more than just that they\u2019re not good enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are sometimes big reasons as to team structure and shape of the team, and maybe the relationship with the manager, that isn\u2019t enabling them to perform.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt isn\u2019t just about a basic \u2013 he isn\u2019t good enough, you\u2019ve got to get rid of him \u2013 you\u2019ve got to look into these things a bit more at times.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What exactly did Jamie Carragher say about Man Utd midfielder Casemiro amid Rio Ferdinand\u2019s remarks?<\/p>\n

Jamie Carragher pulled no punches towards Casemiro<\/a> after he dropped a scathing assessment of the 33-year-old Brazilian midfielder\u2019s career in the top-flight.<\/p>\n

The Sky Sports pundit had infamously suggested that the football \u2018might have left\u2019 Casemiro after the United star\u2019s performance against Crystal Palace<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Casemiro, deadly serious, should know himself tonight that he should only have another three games left at the top level,\u201d Carragher told Sky Sports at the time, as per the Metro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe next two league games and the cup final, then he should be thinking, \u2018I need to go to MLS or Saudi.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHis agent or people around him need to tell him this has to stop because we are watching one of the greats of the modern time[s], Champions Leagues, playing for Brazil, playing for Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I always remember the saying, \u2018Leave the football before the football leaves you.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe football has left him. At this top level, he needs to call it a day at this level of football and move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casemiro has netted four times and registered one assist in 21 matches across all competitions for Man Utd in the 2025-26 campaign at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

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