Casemiro's unique set of attributes means his continued absence creates problems for United manager Erik ten Hag
have a problem. A muscle injury prevented the defensive midfielder from playing in the 4-3 FA Cup quarter-final win over in their most recent game 10 days ago and he is a doubt to be involved on Saturday after the international break when United travel to Brentford .
However, the 32-year-old Denmark international comes with defensive weaknesses — he can be outmuscled going for loose balls and he understandably fatigues quickly in the second half of matches. Advertisement Back-to-back home fixtures in four late-April days against and , currently 20th and 19th in the table, could see Ten Hag decide to use Mainoo as the deepest midfielder with one of the aforementioned colleagues alongside him.
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