Roy Keane and Paul Scholes have already made demand for Manchester United signing Casemiro

20.08.2022 - 12:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Roy Keane and Paul Scholes have already outlined what they want to see Casemiro add to Manchester United.

Casemiro, 30, is set to sign for the Old Trafford side after they agreed an initial £60million fee with Real Madrid for his signature which could eventually rise to £70million with performance-related add-ons. He is the fourth addition made by Erik ten Hag after swoops for Tyrell Malacia, Christian Eriksen and Lisandro Martinez.

United have long-since wanted a new holding midfielder and missed out on the position last summer while several observers attributed that to their dismal campaign. United finished sixth in the Premier League and failed to cement Champions League qualification under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and former interim manager Ralf Rangnick.

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Ten Hag was sworn in from Ajax this summer and promptly moved for Malacia, Eriksen and Martinez before solving another problem by signing Casemiro, who is renowned as one of the top holding midfielders in the world and, also, arrives at Old Trafford with a glittering individual trophy collection.

Casemiro will certainly improve a United midfield which has been slammed by pundits, supporters and observers in recent seasons. But what, exactly, must the Brazil international bring to the party?

Scott McTominay and Fred started the opening day reverse to Brighton and were immediately picked out for post-match criticism by Keane and Scholes in the studio. Keane said: "The decision making and the football intelligence in particular from Fred - and I've said this for a long time - Fred and McTominay are not good enough.

"They won't get Manchester United back competing. We see it week-in, week-out. Not up to it."

Scholes, who was on