Man United will accept Casemiro offer – ‘they want him out’
Manchester United would sell Casemiro for any price this month provided they don’t make a loss on him from a profit and sustainability (PSR) perspective.
That is the view of former Man City financial adviser Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider Man United have around £15million left on the books for the Brazil international.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been looking to cut costs since taking over the footballing operations at Old Trafford in February last year.
Casemiro has been relatively hit and miss since signing for United in a £70million deal from Real Madrid in August 2022, with his reported £350,000-a-week deal running until June 2026.
The 32-year-old has started in 16 of his 22 outings this season, but he has largely fallen out of favour since Ruben Amorim replaced Erik ten Hag in November.
Man United would ‘love’ to sell Casemiro to Saudi
Borson admitted United would “love” to sell the midfielder to a Saudi Arabian club this month.
He told Football Insider: “Clearly, nobody wants to buy either an old player, an underperforming player or a player on high wages.
“United have got a number of players who are a combination of all three of those. Those players are just going to be very hard to shift unless you effectively give them away or subsidise the moves.
“Clearly, Saudi is the answer to everything for a club like United, but there are few slots available for players in Saudi right now.
“If you look at Casemiro’s situation, United would love to sell him in January to Saudi. I’m sure they would sell him for any fee, £5million or whatever just to get him off the wage bill.
“But again, he’s another player on maybe £350,000 a week. They just want him gone at his age and they would write it off.
“Although they have got probably something like £15million book value-wise on him, so they have to be slightly careful because they don’t want to create an additional loss for PSR.
“But assuming somebody effectively gets them out from a neutral position from a PSR perspective, I’m sure they would want him out.”
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