'Team needs players with high intensity' - Amorim on Casemiro absence

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim says Casemiro's lack of Premier League minutes is "just a selection choice" but reiterated that his team "needs players with high intensity".

The Brazil midfielder has been an unused substitute for eight of United's past ten league matches, with his one start in this period coming in the disappointing 2-0 home defeat to Newcastle in December.

After signing from Real Madrid in a deal worth up to £70m in August 2022, the five-time Champions League winner played a key role in United winning the Carabao Cup and finishing third in his first season.

However, his form dipped alongside that of his team last season - leading to former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher saying "the football has left him."

"Sometimes it's a system fit - sometimes it's the player's [form]," Amorim told TNT Sports Mexico before United's final Europa League game with FCSB in Romania on Thursday.

"We know that Casemiro nowadays has other qualities. He's intelligent, understands the game and knows where the ball is going to be.

"But, we are in a league where there is a big intensity difference. Therefore I feel our team needs players with high intensity and sometimes we don't have them.

"We all know Casemiro's qualities and everything he has won, so I have nothing to add to that. It's just a selection choice."