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Manchester United sign Raphael Varane! (not in time for Leeds)
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I don’t really think he’s that stylistically similar to any of the players currently in the league. I honestly think his closed stylistic matchup is Rio. Both have good recovery pace, read the game well, tall and physical when needed. Out of your list he’s probably closest to Van Dijk but Van Dijk is more physical. The biggest weakness with Varane is that he occasionally doesn’t impose himself physically/aggressively enough in the challenge. I’d say like Rio he’s very much a game reader first and foremost and someone who likes to play on the back foot whereas Maguire looks to play on the front foot and be more aggressive. I do think on paper Varane will really complement Maguire.
Can we just loop that over the sound system at OT when we play in the champions league?
Seen something before about ole wanting to try a 3 at back formation a lot more next season as he doesn’t want to push lindelof out of his plans. He likes lindelof forward passing apparently. I think if we go 3 at the back do we sacrifice our attackers and attacking play?
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Does Varane srart vs Leeds ? He wont have had any pre season so how donwe bed him in and get chemistry so he can be the first choice ? Will it be done in training ?
I watched the first 30 seconds of this thinking 'when does the verse start'
Also, I like the bit where he goes 'Champions League Varane'.
Imagine if someday Sneijder ends up at United as part of the coaching stuff. That would be a nice way for that never ending transfer saga to come full circle.
Poor Axel!
He pretty much confirmed that Axel will go out on loan.Poor Axel!
He loves it, man. Everyone in his thread crying about how this was another Ramos and Varane had posters of the Theatre of Dreams in his bedroom ffs
I was scrolling fast and read that as Wesley Snipe
Varane's family have been interested in United since 3400 BCE when his ancestors carved a drawing on a stone that looked like Ole smirking which they believed to be the "outsider baby from lots of days after today" along with ancient symbols that translated to "Red baddie that lives near water uses giant fork" which paleontologists believe to be Manchester United.
Ok so 14 in 236 gives 0,059 yellow cards per game ~0,06Plays like Rio... hardly gets booked. We need a slick pacy defender to sweep up at the back
' He ended up, though, with only 14 yellow cards and two reds in 236 Liga games, a remarkably low tally for a centre back, in stark contrast to Ramos’s 160 yellows in 508 games, with 20 red cards. '
Source: Goal.com
Rio played 503 matches in PL and got 31 yellow cards which gives us 0,061
~0,06
unbelievable
Are you sure we are preparing or are we considering to prepare?
Any clarification on when the medical can be done? Is he vaccinated?
We should try and look to add another CB like him. Not as good or proven , but you shouldn't rely on an indvidual player to play a style of football
Interesting quote from the gaffer. Excited to see what formations he has planned.
Hopefully we can switch seamlessly depending on the oppo, something that failed more than came off last year but now we have the players and no excuses.
I would like to see against low blocks
Hendo/DDG
AWB--Varane--Maguire--Shaw
Fred/McT
Bruno----------------Pogba
Sancho--Cavani/Greenwood--Rashford
And higher lines/better oppoAWB--Varane--Maguire--Shaw
Fred/McT
Bruno----------------Pogba
Sancho--Cavani/Greenwood--Rashford
Hendo/DDG
Varane--Maguire--Lindelof
AWB------------------------------------------------Shaw
Bruno--Fred/McT--Pogba
Sancho--Greenwood/Rashford
Varane--Maguire--Lindelof
AWB------------------------------------------------Shaw
Bruno--Fred/McT--Pogba
Sancho--Greenwood/Rashford
All morning I've had "Champions League Varane" stuck in my head
Maybe we should just make that his chant at OT. Even if we end up in the Europa League I still want hear it!
Maybe we should just make that his chant at OT. Even if we end up in the Europa League I still want hear it!
Definitely will get a loan, 23 is young for a CB.Poor Axel!
I'm so disappointed that nobody has started tracking planes.
On a more serious note has there been any info on likely date for medical?
On a more serious note has there been any info on likely date for medical?
I took it to mean we can play a higher line now.
RIP to the people say he was 'slow'
FFS. He loves Lindelof the liability.
I know he has his weaknesses, and I too have been vocal on them, but Lindelof is an excellent option from the bench and for rotation.FFS. He loves Lindelof the liability.
Bailly? Fantastic? What?
He’s a good 3rd choice actuallyFFS. He loves Lindelof the liability.
He is if you like a mistake prone CB. There is a compilation of last season floating around. Lindelofs errors lead to many goals!
To be fair, I don't mind him as backup, and Ole has to talk him up because Lindleof will probably be feeling threatened with the arrival of Varane. So it is good man management.
Getting up in arms at a manager talking up his players is a bit daft. What do people expect him to say exactly? Bury them like Jose would?
We could then just change the 'Champions League' to 'Raphael'All morning I've had "Champions League Varane" stuck in my head
Maybe we should just make that his chant at OT. Even if we end up in the Europa League I still want hear it!
Have been waiting 10 years to sign this guy so another week or so won't hurt me
Haven't seen much of him so I'll reserve judgement, really would like us to push Axel as fourth choice now and sell Bailly.
Yeah I get your point here. I think (and I hope!) Ole wants us to push up the pitch and play a somewhat higher line.
I have visions of Harry stepping up and really challenging opposition long balls, winning them higher up the pitch and immediately playing it forwards. Like he tries at times for us and particularly for England, but with the safety of Varane sweeping up behind him. Getting us up the pitch further in a more general approach would be a very positive change in our play.
If were being honest Lindelof was just as good as Maguire last seaosn. We shit on him so much because of his mistakes are so bad when they rarely happen. He is a fantastic option of the bench and can play the ball which is what we want from players at this level.FFS. He loves Lindelof the liability.
Maguire got slated for his mistakes at the start of the season. His nickname is still "slabhead".
We all know it stemmed from his terrible Summer break in Mykonos. He quite possibly had one of the worst mental and physical preparations for a season. Admittedly it was all down to his own mistake on holiday.
When is he flying to England @Prawnsandwichbrigade ?
Fantastic Youtube moments for the neutral fans
I don’t think I’ve seen a single poster call him slow.
Makes no sense having Axel 4th choice, the lad needs to be out playing football desperately.
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