Casemiro's journey to Saudi Arabia's professional league after leaving Manchester United in the January winter transfer window has been completely closed. Cristiano Ronaldo's Riyadh Victory are in the process of handling other deals, and once completed, there will be no place to bring in "Fat Tiger".

The 32-year-old Brazilian midfielder has been rumoured to leave the club and has missed eight of United's last 10 games. Entering 2025, the Reds have not played a single minute of the game, and manager Ruben Amorim has made it clear that Casemiro is no longer ready to start, opting for Academy midfielder Toby Collier because he is more capable of running, and the 21-year-old England saved the 1-0 victory against Fulham on the goal line.

It was previously rumoured that Ronaldo wanted Riyadh to win and bring in former Real Madrid and Manchester United teammate Casemiro, but now that is less likely to happen. Former Chinese Super League foreign player Tallista is leaving Riyadh Victory and he may return to the Turkish Super League to join Fenerbahce coached by Jose Mourinho. In this way, the team will have a new foreign signing, but unfortunately, Casemiro is not an option for Riyadh to win.

Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano claims Riyadh Victory are in talks with Bundesliga Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface, who could take up the spot on the new foreign signing. Once the deal is made, Casemiro's transfer possibility is completely ruled out. Thursday is the day the Saudi transfer window closes, and once that time passes, Casemiro's move to Saudi Arabia will no longer exist.

New rumours this week suggest that the Turkish Super League's Besiktas are interested in bringing in Casemiro, with new boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looking to push through the deal. After more than three years of sacking from Manchester United, Solskjaer has recently returned to the dugout, replacing Van Bronckhorst as Besiktas boss. According to Western media reports, Solskjaer is interested in bringing in some players from Manchester United, with Casemiro as the first choice, and wants him to replace Tasem Al-Musratti in the defensive midfield.

The 51-year-old started his first game in charge of Besiktas with a 4-1 win over fourth-placed Athletic Bilbao in the Europa League group stage. However, Besiktas is currently only sixth in the Turkish Super League, so he wants to strengthen his squad, with the likes of United's Victor Lindelof, Christian Eriksen and Marcus Rashford also linked with him. Manchester United have been involved in transfer deals with Besiktas in the past, such as bringing in Weghorst on loan from Burnley.

According to Italian transfer expert Di Marzio, Roma may consider bringing in Casemiro as a replacement if they sell Pared to Boca Juniors. However, with Paredes staying on the team, Fat Tiger's plan was abandoned. Of course, in fact, with Roma's financial resources, it is simply impossible to afford to accept Manchester United's top salary player.

Manchester United want to lift Casemiro's £350,000-a-week salary burden and are therefore willing to accept a £10 million transfer fee offer, or even less.

But in addition to Manchester United's price cut, Casemiro's own salary cut is also very important, and there will be no other club in European football that can match the amazing treatment offered by the Red Devils.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe will be happy if United manage to see Casemiro go away and another 32-year-old will also leave at the end of the season, which will save his club £24 million a year.