Varane would stay if they paid him the same money as they are paying Alaba. But they won't so hes off. Madrid's loss and hopefully our gain.
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I remember last year when people told me he "knows about Bundesliga well" while I pointed out he's only riding the train for popularity. Guess what, he's now "reporting" Varane (by forwarding a news from another source, what a surprise) I guess he knows about La Liga just as well as Bundesliga then. And when we finally sign other players he will be an expert at those players' league too
Yup. Money is the only reason.
He’s just an expert in everything I guess. Genuinely I didn’t even know we were interested in Varane until his tweet this morning.
He’s groundbreaking.
Still surprised he’s not banned here. Absolute fraud.
I remember Jerrel well, he was like a viper.Ah, got it now. That is, google got it for me
Floyds from Jimmy Floyd Hasslebaink, I wanted us to buy him back in the days of yore.
Pretty Boy Floyd and Donny Sideways, thought, that sounds like a bust waiting to go bust if I ever heard one
Ah, sss, push it
P-push it real good.
Yeah, he played CDM sometimes.
With Ramos and Hakimi coming, they will probably play 3-4-3.
I can't wait for the tap in merchant himself Fabrizio Romano to confirm this. The guy is the football transfer version of pippo inzaghi
A step down? Real finished 2nd in an inferior league did they not?
Yep. We first asked him to play for us for free but he said he’d only do it for money.
Eh? Not that I'm a fan or anything but Romano's been all over it.
Ed and his silly offers again.
Isn't there a slight concern amongst fans that Varane has looked quite wobbly against the top English side in the CL ?
I mean, the CL match day thread involving Madrid-Liverpool tie a few months back was hardly complimentary on Varane's performance.
I mean, the CL match day thread involving Madrid-Liverpool tie a few months back was hardly complimentary on Varane's performance.
With vague quotes whom he can easily pull out like pushing for a deal, preparing a bid, waiting for Real to talk to the player etc
Didn't wee agree the fee with Dortmund for Sancho on a weekend? Just thought it could be possible to do the same here...
I have no doubts Maguire can bring him up a level
“Personal terms not a problem” is his favourite. Easiest to blag about
This is when Ole starts him next to Lindelof on opening day just to feck with usI have no doubts Maguire can bring him up a level
Funny thing is, he will also work well with Lindelof.
Yeah and unlike us on a 2nd they actually mounted a title challenge and could’ve won the league. I love United but being objective it’s a step down - Real won more than us in last 3, 5, 7 years and according to bookies they’re more likely to win a league or champions league next season.
He was completely blindsided regarding the Telles deal to United. Then again this year regarding Roma's alleged bid for him. He changed from no possibility to a possibility in 2 days
Are we still pushing?
Yes. It will be either a boy or a girl according to Romano
He’s looked extremely wobbly for a couple of seasons when he’s not had Ramos alongside him steadying him.
Both militao and nacho have looked a lot more solid this season, especially militao who I feel is criminally underrated.
He‘s being bought for his speed predominantly - if you wish to play an attacking 433 with a high line along the lines of what klopp employs (which it appears OGS wants to do this season) then you need a rapid defender who will win races against opposition runners chasing balls over the top or through a transitioning midfield designed to beat the press.
That isn’t maguire, but varane could do that job reasonably well. Against top-tier sides who apply the pressure however and hem you in you need the sort of traditional defender who anticipates the danger in/around the box and clears it or puts the block in - that’s maguire/militao/Ramos territory and where I’ve seen varane struggle.
Potentially he could do well when paired with maguire because they bring very different and complementary qualities to the table.
Maguire will be an excellent foil for him. Maguire himself is world class but has his limitations just like most centrebacks do, strengths and weaknesses. They really should be complimenting each other perfectly and on paper we will have the best defence in the league quite comfortably.
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Expensive, but a world class defender in his prime. Very solid reinforcement. Pairing of him and Maguire is promising
Once again, in a much poorer league. A very important fact you keep missing.
They’ve spelt more wrong, I’m not believing it until I get correctly spelt tweets.
Reliable?
Here We Go….
Got to wonder what Lindelof is going to think about this.
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The salt is how you know it's true.
Hmm there is a red flashing light in this tweet
Hopefully the same thing Shaw thought when he saw Telles.
Not Varane related, but I agree with the bolded part. I think Militao is a really good CB. In fact the first time I saw him in action was as a RB, saw him play live against Liverpool at Porto in 2019 and even though Liverpool won comfortably, he was clearly the best Porto player in the pitch despite playing out of position.
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