Raphaël Varane has the clubs to choose from. Mundo Deportivo links the Real Madrid center-back with Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and Chelsea. Varane has a contract in Madrid until 2022 and Real is currently doing everything they can to extend that commitment. However, the French mandekker is not convinced of a longer stay at The Royal, so it sounds from Spain.
Varane would have to surrender salary with a new contract with Real, making the continuation of the cooperation between club and player questionable. The current number three in LaLiga, however, is not afraid to put the 28-year-old defender on the transfer list. In any case, they want to prevent him from walking out the door for free in more than a year. With David Alaba departing from Bayern Munich, Real hopes to be able to add a top defender to the selection anyway. In addition, the millions generated by a departure from Varane can be used to loosen Kylian Mbappé at Paris Saint-Germain.
According to Mundo Deportivo Chelsea currently has the best credentials to take over Varane from Real. The opponent in the semi-final of the Champions League would be willing to pay seventy million euros for the 73-time international of France. Manchester United and PSG are also serious in the market for Varane, although it is not yet known what amounts the top clubs from the Premier League and Ligue 1 are willing to pay for the physically strong central defender.
Varane himself does not want to confirm that he is working on a summer transfer: “My future is very bright: I am only working on the final phase of this season”, he emphasized at the press conference on Monday in the run-up to the first meeting with Chelsea. Tuesday evening. “The focus is entirely on the games to come.” According to Varane, Real fans need not worry: “I am 100 percent committed to the team. The challenges that await us are only motivating. I will therefore do my very best on the field.”
It is not the first time that Varane has been associated with a premature departure from Madrid. Those rumors were already there in 2019, but then he remained loyal to the semi-finalist in the Champions League. Earlier this year, stories were again released in Spain about the end of the marriage between Real and Varane, who have been associated with the superpower since 2011. The coveted defender has 357 duels for Real to his name. In the past ten years, he has won the Champions League four times and the national title three times in the Spanish capital.
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