Roy Keane warns Casemiro about ‘bad’ Manchester United dressing room

Roy Keane has praised Manchester United’s decision to sign Casemiro but believes the midfielder is ‘coming into a bad dressing room’ at Old Trafford.

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United agreed a £59.5 million deal with Real Madrid last week and the Brazil international is in attendance at Old Trafford on Monday evening for the team’s Premier League fixture against Liverpool.

Casemiro has played a key role in Real Madrid’s success in recent years and has won 18 trophies during his time with the Spanish club.

But Keane believes the 30-year-old could face immediate issues with the morale and work-rate of his new United teammates.

‘I think he’s a good signing,’ Keane told Sky Sports.

‘They’ve paid a lot of money, he’s 30 years of age, he’s got a five-year contract. If you’re a player out there and Man United come looking for you, you know you’re going to get a great deal.

‘It’s a start but they need some more, they need more help.

‘The problem is for any player coming into Man United now, as good as they are, they’re coming into a bad dressing room, they’re coming into a bad group of players.

‘We keep mentioning it in the last year or two, these players don’t want to run, they don’t seem like a good group. That’s a problem for any player, however good they are.

‘They’re desperate, but I think he is a quality player. You can look at the bigger picture and go obviously it’s a lot of money and a long contract, the agents out there must be delighted dealing with Man United, but when you’re desperate you’ve got to pay over the odds.’

Meanwhile, Rio Ferdinand also believes there is a danger that Casemiro could get ‘sucked up by the lack of confidence and negativity’ at United.

‘There’s no doubt in my mind what a player he