Van der Vaart calls Ten Hag 'stupid' for benching one player, not Ronaldo

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Van der Vaart calls Ten Hag 'stupid' for benching one player, not Ronaldo

Rafael Van der Vaart has described Erik ten Hag's decision to start Scott McTominay over Casemiro in Sunday's 6-3 defeat against Manchester City as "stupid". "Ten Hag should have started playing Casemiro straight away," said Van der Vaart.

"McTominay starts performing and Man United start winning and then of course he can't put McTominay out of the team anymore. I find this very stupid from him because you are creating your own problem."

Signed from Real Madrid, Casemiro has started just once — the 1-0 defeat to Real Sociedad in the Europa League last month. He is still waiting for his first Premier League start and was named on the bench for the fourth game running at the Etihad Stadium.

Casemiro is in line for a return to the starting line-up when United face Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus on Thursday night, also in the Europa League.

AuthorToby PrinceSourceManchester Evening News
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