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Raphael Varane is ready to “converse in particular person” in the present day with Cesc Fabregas and his teaching workers over a possible transfer to Serie A aspect Como because the Frenchman edges nearer to a shock relocation to Italy.
The centre-back’s contract with Manchester United is ready expire in the present day following the membership’s determination earlier within the season to not activate an computerized twelve month extension in his deal.
Following his change from Madrid to Manchester in 2021, in a deal price a reported £41 million, Varane endured a combined expertise in England.
Whereas there have been many examples of the elite defender who dominated European soccer for a decade, there have been additionally quite a few indicators of decline, in addition to an absence of suitability to a extra possession-based system.
Accidents have been the explanation for this decline as Varane’s potential to stay constantly match seems to have utterly gone. Throughout his three seasons at Outdated Trafford, the Frenchman missed near fifty video games by way of harm or sickness.
There was a frustratingly piecemeal factor to those accidents, as nicely, with Varane struggling eleven separate absences throughout his 36 months in Manchester. This made it notably troublesome to depend on the 31-year-old, particularly final season, when Erik ten Hag’s defensive unit was ravaged by harm on the whole.
And, given Varane was on a wage packet price in extra of £300,000 every week, it was a call rapidly made by INEOS – the brand new rulers at Outdated Trafford – to not renew his contract.
A possible transfer to Saudi Arabia had been mooted, whereas a return to boyhood membership Lens in Ligue 1 was additionally urged. Nevertheless, it now seems recently-promoted Como could also be in pole place to signal the World Cup successful defender.
As relayed by The Peoples Individual right here, Varane is described because the “dream goal” for the Italian aspect with Fabrizio Romano revealing he had landed for “face-to-face” talks this week.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, an Italian sports activities newspaper, confirms Varane is locked in negotiations with Como executives and is because of speak on to Fabregas, the membership’s supervisor, in regards to the “validity of the undertaking” the Spanish coach is overseeing.
The report additionally contends Como could supply Varane a job throughout the membership past his enjoying profession, citing examples equivalent to Thierry Henry (a minority stakeholder) and Dennis Clever (just lately the membership’s CEO) as former gamers holding outstanding positions within the govt construction.
La Gazzette dello Sport additional reveals fellow Serie A aspect Roma additionally “just like the Frenchman” however that in the present day’s dialog with Fabregas might be essential to Varane’s ultimate determination.
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