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'Mad how the smallest thing becomes a massive deal when it's United': Social media hits back at criticism of club signing 30-year-old Casemiro... claiming no one questioned De Bruyne's renewal at Man City and Koulibaly joining Chelsea

Manchester United supporters have taken to social media to question that criticism surrounding the news of the club agreeing a deal for Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro.

The Brazilian has won just about every major honour available to him during his nine years in the Spanish capital, and will join United following one of his most successful seasons for Los Blancos as played 48 games across all competitions and picked up his fifth Champions League winner's medal.

With the move coming after Erik ten Hag missed out on signing top target 25-year-old Frenkie de Jong, some social media users claimed that the move for Casemiro will not prove to be the long-term answer to United's problems with @danielstorey85 calling it: 'indicative of short-termism driven by self-inflicted emergency.