Erik ten Hag believes what Casemiro has brought to Manchester United since their 6-3 defeat to Manchester City in October's derby proves how lucky they are to have him.
United signed Casemiro from Real Madrid in August in a deal potentially worth £70million (€78.9m), though it took him a few weeks to get up to speed.
The club announced his arrival shortly after a morale-boosting 2-1 win over Liverpool, which finally saw them put points on the board after losing to Brighton and Hove Albion and Brentford in their first two games of the season.
Initially he failed to get into the team ahead of Scott McTominay, with the defeat of Liverpool beginning a four-match winning run in the Premier League.
But United were then thrashed 6-3 – even finding themselves 6-1 down at one point – by Pep Guardiola's City. Casemiro made his first top-flight start for the club in their next game, and since then only Newcastle United (24) have won more points than Ten Hag's side (23).
