Casemiro has urged Cristiano Ronaldo to stay at Manchester United, with the Brazilian eager to end the Red Devils’ Premier League trophy drought after joining ‘the biggest club in England’.Manchester United news, exclusives and analysisThe 30-year-old held a press conference at Real Madrid’s training complex on Monday morning to bid farewell to the club where he has spent the past nine years, breaking down in tears as he reflected on his career at the Bernabeu.He will now fly to Manchester ahead of his £59.5million move to United and is expected to be presented to the Old Trafford crowd ahead of kick-off in Monday night’s clash with Liverpool.Although the transfer appeared to come out of nowhere and was completed incredibly quickly, Casemiro has now revealed that he knew he would leave Real as soon as he won a fifth Champions League title last season and is eager to challenge himself in the Premier League.Asked when he decided to leave, Casemiro told reporters: ‘I spoke to my agents after the Champions League final, I knew it was the end.‘When you make a big decision in your life, it’s always important.
I felt my journey here was over. After the holidays I had the same feeling.‘Now I am joining the biggest club in England, but I’ll always be a Real Madrid fan – and I’ll celebrate every goal!
I’m the happiest in the world and I think history was made.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video‘I’m looking for new challenges, new goals.
To try a different culture and club. I haven’t won anything there and I want to help the team like I did here. I’m full of hope.‘I had that feeling that the cycle was over.