Raphael Varane | Signed for United!

[WPMUFC]

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PSG about to be ruled out?

 

[Compton22]

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PSG about to be ruled out?

Surely puts them out of the frame for Varane? Another one horse race

 

[El-Manos]

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PSG about to be ruled out?

You would think so. They’re stocked in that position.

 

[Judas]

So its new contract or done dealio.

 

[Floyd]

Crazy shit going on. Now where is that hilarious van Gaal picture with him pointing at players, going "medical for you, medical for you, medical for you, medical for everybody"?

 

[Widow]

I believe nothing until @Pexbo gets involved!

 

[Rolaholic]

Ramos to P$G, Madrid locking up their current CB and looking into others...

This is all shaping up quite nicely my fellow Muppets

 

[bosnian_red]

Yeah if PSG aren't in for him then I'm not sure who is apart from United? Won't be Chelsea or Liverpool, unlikely to be City unless they make some big sales at the back to open up space? Looks like either United or new contract. Would be huge.

 

[WPMUFC]

Crazy shit going on. Now where is that hilarious van Gaal picture with him pointing at players, going "medical for you, medical for you, medical for you, medical for everybody"?

 

[pratyush_utd]

Great that negotiations have moved closer but after Sancho deal, close has a different meaning when it comes to United transfer news

 

[pacifictheme]

Even with VVD fit, I doubt they'll revert to their 18/19/20 form. All their best players have peaked (bar the wingbacks), and without serious investment I think they'll struggle to maintain form.

Kounate is a very good signing, but he's hardly reliable injury wise. There are huge question-marks over the fitness/reliability of all their CBs, and it's impossible to know what sort of player VVD will be on his return. For example, he's entering the career phase where Vidic's injuries started to really catch up with him and he never had anything as serious as what VVD has just experienced.

They already had a pretty tremendous run in so I wouldn't write them off too soon, think they will be right up there next season.

 

[0le]

Varane and Sancho would be an excellent summer. Varane, Sancho and a competent defensive midfielder would be phenomenal though.

 

[WPMUFC]

Varane and Sancho would be an excellent summer. Varane, Sancho and a competent defensive midfielder would be phenomenal though.

Ducker said Sancho and Varane are the core targets, after that, we will have to sell to buy. So it could still happen.

 

[Rolaholic]

Varane and Sancho would be an excellent summer. Varane, Sancho and a competent defensive midfielder would be phenomenal though.

Varane, Sancho and Rice/Camavinga and I'll be full of revisionist praise for Woodward after his final summer window in charge

 

[Kaizane]

Man like Murtough.

 

[sun_tzu]

Yeah if PSG aren't in for him then I'm not sure who is apart from United? Won't be Chelsea or Liverpool, unlikely to be City unless they make some big sales at the back to open up space? Looks like either United or new contract. Would be huge.

Id kinda assumed it would be that as I dont think they would loose Ramos and Varane in the same summer
who do they have now Alaba... militao... nacho... vallejo

to be honest they probably need to sign at least one and possibly two new centrebacks

 

[Chairman Steve]

Is this when we start to reach for our trouser zippers?

 

[dinostar77]

DM for sure. I'm still of the opinion that DM is the most important position we have to fill, Sancho or not. Much of our struggles in bigger games come from having to play McFred in order to compensate for the job of what one player could do with two. A Fabinho type DM next to Pogba and Bruno would create a balance that opposition wouldn't be able to take advantage of.

You do realise that if we had a top CB next to maguire we wouldnt need a mcfred double pivot to shield the defence? Agree a top DM would be nice but CB is more important. Championships are built on defences.

 

[Adam-Utd]

Man like Murtough.

Not sure quite how involved he is or what he's done differently - but apparently he and Darren Fletcher have stepped in and made the whole process so much better.

if this is a sign of things to come then we might not be seen as a joke anymore.

 

[Kaos]

Great that negotiations have moved closer but after Sancho deal, close has a different meaning when it comes to United transfer news

Tbh Madrid are a very different club to deal with than Dortmund and we seem to have a more amicable relationship with them. IIRC the Di Maria transfer was a pretty painless affair. We've also sold them half a dozen or so players over the years so I hope they wouldn't "long the ting' so to speak.

 

[Berbaclass]

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Not a bad source.

Spoiler

 

[DWelbz19]

I’ve been fairly confident about this one because it’s been very well documented that Varane has been a club (and Woodward) target for a very long time.

Sancho was another we’ve been after ever since he’d left City back in 2017. When the club has that long of a standing interest in a player, we tend to get it done.

 

[WPMUFC]

Is this when we start to reach for our trouser zippers?

The trick is to never wear pants.

 

[UnitedSofa]

Varane, Sancho and Rice/Camavinga and I'll be full of revisionist praise for Woodward after his final summer window in charge

I'd give praise to the man responsible for transfers, John Murtough.

 

[AlexUTD]

Surely puts them out of the frame for Varane? Another one horse race

The only races we seem to win even if they take over a year

 

[Classical Mechanic]

I’ve been fairly confident about this one because it’s been very well documented that Varane has been a club (and Woodward) target for a very long time.

Sancho was another we’ve been after ever since he’d left City back in 2017. When the club has that long of a standing interest in a player, we tend to get it done.

Varane said himself that he was close to joining United but chose Real because we'd just signed Phil Jones

 

[Pexbo]

I’ll be honest guys, I think I’m a bit big day’d out

 

[Rolaholic]

I'd give praise to the man responsible for transfers, John Murtough.

For sure but he's apparently still playing a role in our transfer business.

Murtough needs to be commended for seemingly taking a much more serious approach to negotiations with clubs instead of the usual dithering around we had gotten used to

 

[Real Name]

Are we close?

 

[Rolaholic]

Apparently Maynard is the official biographer for the French national team and is close to many of their players, pretty good source on this

 

[Compton22]

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[FreakyJim]

That's the kind of signing I thought we learned never to do again. The "galacticos" type, player that's on a decline, have won a lot and don't really have motivation besides money.

Also 60m is ridiculous. We'd be idiots to pay that much.

 

[UnitedSofa]

For sure but he's apparently still playing a role in our transfer business.

Murtough needs to be commended for seemingly taking a much more serious approach to negotiations with clubs instead of the usual dithering around we had gotten used to

Yeah Woodward would be the fee and Murtough is the main point of contact. Hopefully this leads to a Varane buy and then another CB as reported this morning and or a DM/ST

 

[Tom Van Persie]

Things are moving faster because have a proper structure in place now. Better late than never.

 

[UnitedSofa]

That's the kind of signing I thought we learned never to do again. The "galacticos" type, player that's on a decline, have won a lot and don't really have motivation besides money.

28 is on a decline? Bloody hell.

28 is slap bang in the middle fo the prime years of a player

 

[Compton22]

That's the kind of signing I thought we learned never to do again. The "galacticos" type, player that's on a decline, have won a lot and don't really have motivation besides money.

He's 28 in his prime on the back of winning everything at Madrid! He's got years left in him!

 

[Big Andy]

That's the kind of signing I thought we learned never to do again. The "galacticos" type, player that's on a decline, have won a lot and don't really have motivation besides money.

How is he on a decline? He's 28 ffs.

Also, how do you know his personal motivations? IF it was just about money then surely he'd just stay at Real on a fat contract.

 

[WPMUFC]

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Nacho about to re-sign. Ramos off to PSG. Perez hasn't spoken to varane about a deal One year on contract

 

[Rolaholic]

That's the kind of signing I thought we learned never to do again. The "galacticos" type, player that's on a decline, have won a lot and don't really have motivation besides money.

The motivation of challenging yourself in another league can be strong for top players though, especially after spending an entire decade elsewhere.

It's not like Di Maria who wanted PSG and only went to United because they were tied up by FFP and Madrid wanted to cash in on his best season. By all accounts they don't want him to leave and Varane has had longstanding interest in us dating back to Fergie's time.

 

[FreakyJim]

From what I've seen of him, if this is his prime then I don't want to know what his "bad years" were!