Brazilian midfielder Carlos Henrique Casemiro surrendered to Argentine star Lionel Messi, who he says has “marked an era in football” and “it only continues to admire him”, explaining the reasons for his departure from Real Madrid in 2022.
“Messi marked an era, there is no denying that. He was always a rival, in Barcelona and Argentina,” but “whoever loves football loves Messi. It was a pleasure to play against him. He is a man about whom there is a lot of commentary, all that remains is to admire him,” said Casemiro in an interview with Placar magazine.
The Canarinha international confirmed that he did not “have the pleasure of seeing play” the Argentine Diego Armando Maradona or the Brazilian Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’, but he has been able to enjoy “Messi, (Cristiano) Ronaldo and Neymar ” .
“They are the three greatest of my generation. I saw Ronaldo (Nazário), (Zinedine) Zidane, but from my time those three are the best. I never played against Cristiano, thank God he gave me many titles and victories” at Real Madrid, he said.
Casemiro also explained in the interview, which will be published in its entirety on July 14, the reasons that led him to leave Real Madrid last year and sign for Manchester United, where he has become an idol of the local fans.
He said that “it wasn’t easy” to leave the merengue club, but he thought “it was time to leave” and do it through the front door too, after winning another Champions League, and because he saw himself with that “willpower” to start a new project.
“If it had happened in two or three years, I don’t think I would have left Real Madrid to go to another big one in Europe,” he admitted.
In this sense, he expressed that “the ambition to want to play” in a championship like the Premier League and in a club of the “greatness” of Manchester United outweighed.
“It really is something exceptional and gigantic. No doubt they all have their difficulties”, but it is “the most difficult League; the Premier League is something unreal,” the 31-year-old midfielder added.
Source: El heraldo
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