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Gary Neville believes the signing of Sofyan Amrabat would prevent Manchester United midfielder Casemiro from getting “absolutely torn to shreds” like he did against Wolves.

Casemiro and his midfield team-mates, Bruno Fernandes and Mason Mount, “got ripped apart” during a chaotic Red Devils performance, as they scraped past Wolves with an unconvincing 1-0 victory to get their Premier League campaign off to a winning but also concerning start. Their unbalanced midfield gave ex-captain Neville food for thought and in his opinion demonstrated why United boss Erik ten Hag has been pursuing Morocco international Amrabat.

Ten Hag worked with the Fiorentina star at former club Utrecht and it’s being reported that the Red Devils will launch an offer once Donny van de Beek’s future is decided. Amid interest from Premier League rivals West Ham – who recently made a bid which was rejected by Fiorentina – Neville has suggested that United have already missed a trick by not having Amrabat, 26, signed in time to face Wolves, who dominated in midfield on Monday and were unfortunate to come away from Old Trafford with a defeat.

More from Neville HERE.

Erik ten Hag was defiant about both the result and the displays of his new signings after Man Utd held on to beat Wolves 1-0 on Monday night.

Amid a stuttering display, Raphael Varane’s second-half header papered over the cracks at Old Trafford with the visitors missing a string of chances over the 90 minutes. And the hosts were let off the hook in injury time when keeper Andre Onana clattered into Sasa Kalajdzic in the area, but the subsequent VAR check didn’t deem the incident worthy of a penalty.

It proved the major talking point of Onana’s debut, with Mason Mount the other big-money signing on show. Afterwards Ten Hag talked up the performances of both players, and also argued against the notion Wolves were robbed by the officials.

Read what Ten Hag had to say HERE.