Casemiro names surprise ex-Real Madrid man as 'most complete' player he's played with

Casemiro snubbed Cristiano Ronaldo when naming the former teammate that he thinks was the complete package.

After nearly four years at United, Casemiro will leave following the end of the season having made over 150 appearances for the club.

The Brazilian is expected to play a key role at the World Cup in the summer before deciding what his next step will be, with reports suggesting he could make a move to the MLS as the final chapter of his legendary career.

Casemiro made his professional debut on in July 2010 and has gone on to win five UEFA Champions League titles, three La Liga titles, and numerous other trophies.

During this time, he has played with some of the best players ever to step out onto a football pitch, including the likes of Ronaldo, Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Karim Benzema and Luka Modric.

But there's one former teammate that stood out to Casemiro above the rest as the most complete player he had ever seen, Gareth Bale.

"This play is the most complete in my career. Complete. Bale," he claimed while speaking on Rio Ferdinand Meets.

"Cristiano is the best, take Cristiano out of the conversation, but for me, Bale is the most complete player"

"Cristiano is a scorer, minimum 15 goals. But Bale is attack, defend, head, score, foul. Everything he does very good, very quick, too strong. And for me, Bale is an unbelievable, unbelievable player, unbelievable player."

Ferdinand then asked about other players Casemiro had played alongside, naming Neymar and Ronaldinho.

"Neymar doesn't even defend." Casemiro replied.

"Neymar is another player and Bale, in the best moment, attack, defend, score, head, foul, strong. It's helping the line forward. Bale is top."

Like Casemiro, Bale played a key role during one of the most sucessful periods in Real Madrid's storied history and was part of the side that won five Champions League titles.

Across his nine years with the Spanish giants, Bale scored 106 goals across 258 appearances in all competitions.

Despite this, the Welshman is not remembered fondly by many fans of the club as his attitude and comments about playing for Wales and golf were often attacked by members of the Spanish media.