So, how about that Varane + Martinez partnership?

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Imagine Varane makes a tackle and Lisandro in a momentary lapse high fives and chest bumps him :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

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Hipster defenders do not want. Should've stuck witn Maguire and Lindelof.
 

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Imagine Varane makes a tackle and Lisandro in a momentary lapse high fives and chest bumps him :lol: :lol: :lol:
They play on the opposite sides of the pitch and Martinez could possibly be on the bench
 

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Imagine Varane makes a tackle and Lisandro in a momentary lapse high fives and chest bumps him :lol: :lol: :lol:
I can see Argentina taking a corner and Martinez defends the cross instead of attacking it.
 

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Both excellent defenders, and their partnership has looked great.

I just love watching Varane. He makes it look so easy. Could potentially have 4 champions leagues and 2 world cups, which is insane.
 

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Both excellent defenders, and their partnership has looked great.

I just love watching Varane. He makes it look so easy. Could potentially have 4 champions leagues and 2 world cups, which is insane.
Varane’s positioning is the best I’ve ever seen for a CB. He makes very difficult plays look easy. Because so much of his game is intelligence I don’t think we’ll see a drop off for a good long while. The fact that he came back so quickly and effectively from his latest injury is very positive as well. Just a perfect matching with Lisandros dogged, aggressive play.
 

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Both excellent defenders, and their partnership has looked great.

I just love watching Varane. He makes it look so easy. Could potentially have 4 champions leagues and 2 world cups, which is insane.
And Casemiro is in front of them....it's criminal how too many questioned these players.
 

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I reckon martinez starts the final. France have a lot of pace up top and I’ve noticed they use martinez against pacey forwards.
 

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And Casemiro is in front of them....it's criminal how too many questioned these players.
They only got questioned because it was us signing them. If city/Liverpool would have signed them then it would have been world class business. It’s mad how we have Casemiro and varane. People thought we was getting them past there best but that isn’t the case.
 

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Hope Varane isn't injured after going off. Even if fit, I can't see both playing in the first few Premier League games back, surely Martinez is off to Argentina to celebrate.
 

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Did anyone else see when Varane was going through to collect his runners up and Martinez stepping out and then hugging.
 

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The funny thing with Varane is that despite the size of Madrid and the medals he won with them. His profile with United and his tournaments for France might actually do a lot more in shaping the perception of him
 

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Did anyone else see when Varane was going through to collect his runners up and Martinez stepping out and then hugging.
Yeah. It was nice.

We've gone from Smalling Jones to 2 WC winners in a relatively short amount of time.
 

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Best CB partnership in the league, and that's even without the clean sheet today, which it wasn't really their fault.

I hope we can get 3 or 4 years out of them together, should be able to now that Varane retired from international football