Casemiro joined Manchester United from Real Madrid for £70m in August 2022

It was the lowest point of Casemiro's Manchester United career. A 2-0 home defeat by Newcastle on 30 December 2024.

That night, his team-mate Joshua Zirkzee was sarcastically cheered off by his own supporters, substituted after just 33 minutes.

But the common consensus that night was that if Casemiro had been brought off at that point, the reaction would have been worse.

The 33-year-old didn't play for a month after that, consigned to the bench for the following five games.