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Erik ten Hag has found an unexpected Manchester United undroppable

If you'd have asked 100 Manchester United supporters what the club's biggest need was ahead of the most recent transfer window, you could have guaranteed that 99 of them would have given you the same answer.

United's need to recruit a defensive-midfielder this summer just gone was blindingly obvious as soon as the shutters came down on the summer window last year, such was the need to improve that area of the team. It was a weakness that plagued the club throughout last season, so much so that it became an obvious issue to even those who don't support or watch United religiously.

The Reds were regularly beaten up and spat back out in midfield, being overrun and destroyed in most games they played, not least against the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City. Therefore, it was somewhat surprising that United spent much of the summer going after Barcelona's Frenkie de Jong and not a seasoned destroyer who would have added a degree of aggression and nastiness to their play.

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But after discovering that their hopes of signing De Jong were going nowhere, despite more than 100 days of chasing his signature, United turned their attentions to alternative options and stumbled across a player who ticked just about every box that needed filling for a midfielder of the right type. Casemiro, of course, was the man in question, joining United from Real Madrid last month for an initial fee of £60million, despite the fact he turns 31 next February.

Nevertheless, considering United had lost their opening two Premier League fixtures up to the point of Casemiro's arrival, it was a statement signing and one that should have been considered a

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