'Reputation can be hard to shake': Souness warns Casemiro after second red card this season

"Casemiro at Manchester United is not a dirty player, either, but he does have a record," Graeme Souness wrote in his column for the Daily Mail.

"Consider this: in his last three-and-a-half seasons for Manchester United and Real Madrid, he has been booked 53 times! That is astonishing.

"He has also been sent off three times, his latest red coming against Southampton last weekend.

"As I say, I don’t think he is a malicious player but over the course of his 10-year career he has averaged about 15 yellows a season and you don’t rack up numbers like those by accident.

"The upshot of his second red card for United in a short space of time is that when he returns from his four-game ban he will find referees looking out for him — and not in a good way.

"In football, a reputation as being someone who likes to play on the edge of the law can be hard to shake."

Casemiro is now serving a four-game ban after getting a direct red card in the Southampton game last weekend.

He's already received as many red cards for United as he did throughout his time at Real Madrid.