Raphael Varane believes Manchester United should discover a new stability to the workforce to compensate for the lack of the banned Casemiro.
The Brazilian will sit out United’s subsequent 4 home video games, together with Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final towards Fulham and the Premier League conflict with Newcastle, rivals for a top-four end, after getting his second pink card of the season within the 0-0 draw with Southampton.
Varane was sad with referee Anthony Taylor’s choice to ship off Casemiro, who he had initially booked earlier than altering his thoughts after viewing his sort out on Carlos Alcaraz on the monitor, however feels United have the gamers to manage.
Scott McTominay got here on after Casemiro went off in Sunday’s 0-0 draw whereas Marcel Sabitzer and Fred provide different choices to supervisor Erik ten Hag.
But Casemiro has been essential this season and Varane stated: “He’s a player who’s very important for us. He brings balance to the team and to the squad. But we have a great squad and we have to find another balance without him, but we have good players in every position on the pitch and we’re ready for the next games.”
Casemiro appeared upset to be despatched off and Varane added: “I think he was very disappointed because nobody wants to get out of the pitch before the end. We can’t be happy with the decision he takes but that’s part of football.”
Varane was happy with the angle United confirmed with 10 males, including: “I am happy with the mentality, the fighting spirit. The team fought as a group and that’s the positive point. We knew we needed to run a little bit more, to be a bit more defensive but we reacted as a team, as a group and with a good mentality.
“We fight for each other. The crowd as well. We feel the support. I think we can be proud of the fighting spirit. We are obviously disappointed by the result but [we showed] great teamwork.”
