Brazil midfielder Casemiro wants to leave Real Madrid, coach Carlo Ancelotti said Friday, amid reported interest from Manchester United. Speaking at a news conference, Ancelotti said Casemiro is in negotiations for a move. He didn’t specifically mention United. “For what he’s done for this club, for the person that he is, we have to respect his wishes,” Ancelotti said. “There are negotiations at the moment, nothing is official, he’s still a Real Madrid player. “But it’s clear that his desire is to leave and if he leaves, if he finds an agreement, we have the means to replace him.” Read: Mbappé to stay at PSG after rejecting Real Madrid The 30-year-old Casemiro has been at Madrid since 2013 and is regarded as one of the world’s best holding midfielders.   United, which has lost its opening two games of the Premier League season, has been in the market for a center midfielder since the transfer window opened.

BNP senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday asked their party leaders and activists to make streets their permanent addresses until the current government is ousted. "The streets will have to be our addresses, or else we won’t be able to survive. Sheikh Hasina is moving forward with a horrific blueprint. We’ve to make the streets our permanent houses and addresses to foil the blueprint,” he said. Speaking at a human-chain programme, the BNP leader also urged the party leaders and followers to take a vow to ‘restore’ democracy and permanently free Khaleda Zia from jail through a strong street movement. READ: Arrest warrants issued against BNP leaders Rizvi, Dulu Swadhinta Forum, a pro-BNP platform, organised the programme demanding the release of Khaleda Zia and other political prisoners. Rizvi alleged that plainclothes police picked up Swechchasebak Dal leader Mosabbir from the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Sunday morning. “Our lives have no value and security. There’s no guarantee that we can go back home safely after this meeting. Anyone can be picked up anytime from anywhere,” he said. The BNP leader urged the law enforcers to immediately return Mosabbir to his family members. He also criticized Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for what he said accusing their party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman of conspiring against Bangladesh from London. “If Tarique Rahman makes political statements, you (PM) find conspiracy there. It’s your government that has been conspiring against people for14 years staying in power,” the BNP leader said. READ: Fakhrul visits ailing BNP leader Rizvi Rizvi alleged that Sheikh Hasina wants to establish her monarchy in Bangladesh by ‘obliterating’ democracy and ‘destroying’ the electoral system. "The people of Bangladesh will never allow this to happen."