The situation
Casemiro knows that, starting next season, the minutes will be more fought than ever in his position. But the Brazilian does not wrinkle and will put up a fight, with numbers like the ones he has posted this season . Without going any further, the LaLiga Twitter account recently presented a statistic that pointed to the white ’14’ as the best recoverer in the national championship: he has averaged 9.2 recoveries per game, above Kondogbia (8.7), Gabriel Paulista and Piqué (8.4) and Vivian (8.3). Casemiro has been giving an optimal level in his position for years, distinguishing himself as one of the best in the world in his position, although he has had extra protection from the club, which has not signed any player of the same profile to rotate and let the minutes compete. Only Marcos Llorente played that role minimally, but under Zidane’s orders he counted for quite a bit and with Solari he managed to shine more, but the return of the Marseillais forced his departure to Atlético de Madrid. They have played for Casemiro at some point over the years Kovacic, Modric, Kroos, Valverde, Camavinga, Ramos…
Casemiro, until 2025
Casemiro proves to be a player who goes more to the shock than Tchouaméni: he has made 118 ‘tackles’ this course, winning 76, 64%; the Frenchman made 100 and won 54. However, Tchouaméni proves to be a much finer player in intuiting where the opponent’s ball movements are going to go: he made 117 interceptions, almost double that of Casemiro (65). And in aerial presence, again, the Brazilian comes out the winner: he won 130 of 191 aerial duels, 68%; Tchouaméni appears less in those disputes (124), but his percentage of success is practically the same (he won 86, 68%). At 30 years old, Casemiro remains in full swing and has just won what is his fifth Champions League