Casemiro enchanted by Erik ten Hag’s obsessive desire to succeed

Casemiro was asked if he was concerned about picking up an injury with the World cup finals starting later this month.

The ball-winner will be a key figure for the bookmakers’ favourites to lift the trophy but is not even thinking yet about competing in Qatar.

“With a player’s mentality, it is impossible to even start thinking about the World Cup,” he stated. “Tomorrow’s game is way too important for us to start thinking about the World Cup etc.

“So I think any player who starts thinking like that picks up an injury in the end, so that’s not my profile at all. All I think about is giving my all tomorrow on the pitch, in order to play a great game and help my team-mates.”