Varane is a brilliant player, but has performed pretty poorly this season like all his teammates in a dysfunctional team. Rumors has it that he is not satisfied with how he has been treated by Real, as he has played games where he wanted to rest, and that nobody seemed to care that he won the world cup. Griezmann, Lemar and Lucas Hernandez got a session with the world cup trophy at their first home game the season for Atletico, and Varane was reported to be wanting something similar. He has played for Real for 8 years and developed into a top player, and I think a new challenge is what he needs to develop further. He is at a perfect age for us in our current CB situation, as we need someone that can strengthen the starting 11 from day 1 but still be a long-term solution. I think a transfer fee would be about the same as Van Dijk (80 mill), and I think he can have a similar impact as Van Dijk. If we can bring him in and let Lindelöf, Smalling and Bailly fight for the last CB spot, we would have a CB pair that can match both City and Liverpool.