Casemiro Manchester United future decision makes summer transfer priority even more important

As Manchester United sat down to assess their squad heading into the summer transfer window, one of the major issues they had to address was the future of veteran midfielder Casemiro.

The former Real Madrid midfielder has one year remaining on his contract, although United have an option to extend that by a further year, and is heading into the twilight years of his career.

He ended last season very well, particularly in the Europa League, and Ruben Amorim leaned on him as one of his most dependable players.

But, aged 33 and with interest from the Saudi Pro League, this summer was seen as perhaps the last chance for United to be able to recoup a decent fee for a player they paid £70million to sign three years ago.

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Casemiro is also said to be on £350,000 per week and after he was recalled to the Brazil squad this summer under former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti, a report in the Mirror claims he has decided he wants to remain at United this summer.

With the 2026 World Cup coming up next summer, Casemiro believes his best chance of being included in the Brazil squad for the tournament is by playing regularly in the Premier League.

From a purely footballing sense, that will please Amorim who believes his leadership and experience in midfield is key to his group.

But from a business sense, it effectively ends any chance of moving on a player on the decline while interest remains high in him.

If United do decide to keep him at the club, then they will have to reduce their wage bill and bring in transfer fees from other areas of the