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Manchester United's new signing Casemiro has named Paul Scholes as his favourite legendary figure at Old Trafford following his switch from Real Madrid.
United's £70 million man expressed his admiration towards Scholes in his first in-house interview for the Red Devils.
Casemiro says that the English midfielder defied his small stature with an aggressive style of play that made him a nightmare for opponents.
““Well, there are messi soccer outfit many players…I think there are players that you remembe psg jersey tracksuit r in your life. So, in terms of idols in this position [midfield] my idol growing up was always [Zinedine] Zidane, here at Manchester United it was always Paul Scholes," Casemiro told MUTV.
“He’s a player that was small but he got stuck in, he was a fighter, he gave everything on the pitch.
“His passing over 50 to 70 metres was incredible. Manchester United have always [had] good players in that position.
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“[Michael] Carrick was also a great player so I think that Manchester U lionel messi jersey nited have always had good players in that position and in midfield.
“The little guy [Scholes] was very good and w psg shirt sponsor hat I loved about him when he played was that he was small but he went in hard and fair. You could count on him but in that team, you had Rio Ferdinand, [Edwin] van der Sar, lots of players. Cris, Cristiano [Ronaldo] himself was here too…
“Manchester United is an historic club and it will psg jersey red always be an historic club so it's an honour for me to be here.”
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He shar messi barcelona jersey es t psg jersey years he same tenacity that made Scholes a fan favourite, and will hope to have a similar impact in a United side desperate for extra quality in the middle.
United boss Erik ten Hag welcomed Casemiro into training for the first time on Wednesday, and he could be in line to make his debut against Southampton at St Mary's this weekend.