He criticized Casemiro, the signing that Ten Hag requests for the Manchester United midfield

Erik Ten Hag continues to cause controversy at Manchester United. The Dutch coach is criticized by many and praised by others, but the reality is that he still has a lot of work to do so that the results always accompany him. However, if the coach is recognized for something, it is the strong character he has compared to others and that he is not afraid to make decisions that few would dare.

In the most recent match, Ten Hag surprised by removing Casemiro from the match. Asked at the end of the match for the reasons, Ten Hag could only answer: “I wanted more football.” Something that left the followers of a United team that is still in a somewhat strange process even more perplexed: he has played 11 games in all competitions, with six defeats and only five wins. Casemiro totals 906 minutes, with four goals scored and one assist given.

This happened in the match against Brentford with a partial victory for the visitors at half-time, the Dutchman, in a decision that very few followers and fans of the Manchester team understood, replaced the midfielder to bring on the Danish Eriksen. It was in the final stretch of the match when the Scot McTominay managed to turn the score around in favor of the locals. A victory that keeps Manchester United alive and hopeful that they can really compete for the top spots in the Premier League. For this reason, the club's coach seems to request more reinforcements.

The midfielder that Ten Hag wants

As indicated by the information that we can find published in the tabloid The Sun, coach Erik ten Hag has requested the club's highest echelons in order to close the hiring of a very interesting new midfielder. In this case, it is the 19-year-old Portuguese jewel Joao Pedro Gonçalves Neves, a Benfica footballer who, despite his youth, is already a key player in the Lisbon squad.