Why buy a €57 mil Camry when you can get a Porsche for €5 mil - The Welcome Casemiro Thread

In the wake of James' transfer to Bayern, we've all griped about his drop in transfer value. However, no one has really discussed Casemiro's meteoric rise. Zidane took over and the sacrifice was James for Casemiro. At the time say James is still worth €80M and Casemiro was worth €10M. We just loaned/sold James for €45M but on the open market today Casemiro is worth a bare minimum of €75M.

This is an overly simplistic way to look at things because we're not even looking to sell Casemiro. Just wanted to look on the bright side of sacrificing James - we have a much more valuable Casemiro.

 

And balance - priceless

 

Very pleased with his performance. Goal was offside, but tight. What I'm happiest about was his improvement in possession play. Last season, I was highly critical that he looked like a deer in headlights when pressed. He would stand still looking frantically for an outlet pass and wait so long that he'd be dispossessed. It seems he was working on that this summer. Today, when he was in possession and looking for a pass, he'd move the ball forward and scan the field. He used his size & surprising speed well to hold off a defender while looking for a good ball.

Well done!

 

The guy is a big game player, massively consistent against our strongest opponents over the last two and bit years. That can't be denied.

 

I was so so about Casemiro, always thought he could play, technical enough, and could pass both long and short and of course tackle too, but i did think he panicked when pressured as well, giving the ball away too often as has been noted, also I thought he dived into the tackle too much, went to ground too fast , but I can definitely see improvement in his game all around, no two ways about it, obviously putting in the work, I am far more comfortable with him in the team now than before, and the vital role he provides.

 

Massive improvement. We're blessed to have him and Marcos Llorente. Here's to 3 more CL titles!

 

We did everything right so far with Casemiro. We didn't bring straight into the first team upon arrival but let him "acclimate" out of the spotlight with castilla. Then we gave him a season on the bench mentoring under Carlo and Xabit. Next move was a year on loan where he developed valuable experience playing at a mid level club that offered CL football. Finally brought him back ready to compete for minutes and now we have an experienced player who is maturing into "the best in the world at his position" right before our eyes.

 

I think what sets him apart from other players with similar profiles is his character + hunger for improvement.

 

Yeah, the dude seems to be the Ronaldo of defensive mids

 

Great game. MOTM for me.

 

This man changed the fortunes of Real Madrid. The biggest influence on the game defensively since Makelele. He just suffocates the opponent with his presence, he is always perfectly positioned to cut off passing lanes and his tackling is impeccable. If I was Zidane, Casemiro would be the first player I would thank for my successes.

 

you saw him running forward in the Marco goal? he was there before any player ready to receive the pass. Just a complete turbo engine.

 

Super player and we spent only 5ME on him.

 

He'll get an upgrade next summer and some ridiculous buyout clause. As much as I love him, he is just the kind of age and salary range that will get blinded by the oil money.

 

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Captain at the age of 25 for one of the favorites of the world cup.

Grande Casemiro!! One of the biggest steals we've ever had!

 

I think he improved his passing a lot this season, and overall he's one of our better performing players so far. I thought Llorente would threat his starting spot but Casemiro isn't making it easy for him, I hope he keeps it up.

 

It is still too soon. Llorente looks a bit nervous when playing. Once he calms down we can compare. For now, Casemiro is vital.

 

Far too early for Llorente he still has a ways to go IMO, always thought in terms of playing Casemiro was very capable, technically good and although not on a Kroos level a very good passer of the ball both long and short, my main issue with him was always the diving into tackles, I always thought he went to ground far too early far too often, he seems to have curbed that somewhat and worked on his positioning, solid solid player now

 

I'm not disagreeing with you guys, what I mean is if Casemiro had a Benzema start in the season it will be easier for us to ask for more minutes for Llorente, but currently Casemiro is performing as well as I'm hoping and expecting from him.

He isn't perfect obviously, in last season there were bad moments like the early and stupid cards at home vs. Barca & Bayern and his repeated fouls which could've cost us the games, and I thought having someone like Llorente on the bench won't let him get too comfortable in the starting role, luckily we have Marcos competing with him now and I believe that Casemiro knows that if he gets injured for let's say 2 months, Marcos may just win Zizou over with his performance and secures the spot until the end of season (yes I think he is that good), this may or may not happen but it's the kind of competition we need and like to have in our team, not the bullshit we had with Benzema over the years.