Just now, according to the exact information brought by the British media Telegraph. Saudi league side Riyadh Victory are hoping to free Manchester United centre-back Raphael Varane in the upcoming summer window. They have already made contact with the French star and negotiations are progressing very well, with an agreement on a salary package for the individual so far.
It is reported that Riyadh Victory has been hoping to strengthen the team's overall squad recently. With a relatively good midfield, they are looking to further strengthen their defence even further. Laporte, who was signed before, performed very well, but unfortunately the player lacked a reliable partner. Riyadh Victory are therefore looking to sign another quality centre-back from the Europa League, and it is clear that Raphael Varane is a good choice. On the one hand, the player is relatively low in the playing order at Manchester United today, and he has lost the trust of the top management due to injuries. At the same time, Varane is also a star who is very famous and is about to lose his peak. Riyadh Victory could easily sign him.
The Telegraph has revealed that Riyadh Victory will offer the Manchester United centre-back a £50 million annual salary. For Varane, this is almost three times his current salary, which will be signed for two years. In the face of such a generous contract, I believe that few players will not be tempted. Interestingly, Manchester United are just as happy to see the deal happen. Because Varane's contract is about to expire this summer. For Manchester United, they don't need the French star anymore. The top brass was ready to purge them before that, and there were no contract renewal talks between the two sides.
Objectively speaking, Manchester United will carry out a new round of cleaning and reinforcement of the squad itself this summer. The new owner, Sir Ratcliffe, wants to simplify the squad as much as possible while shedding some of the baggage of a high salary. And Varane's £370,000-a-week salary is a real obstacle. Manchester United are looking to free up salary space by sending the French centre-back out of the team. The emergence of Riyadh's victory at this time is indeed good news for Manchester United. As long as Varane can be successfully sent away, the team will be able to carry out the work more easily.
Raphael Varane is 31 years old and although he looks like he is still in his prime, the player's form has dropped significantly. After joining Manchester United, although there were occasional high-level performances, it was a pity that the players often suffered from injuries. This has led to a flurry of form and a number of key matches. There is no way to use him as a regular first-choice centre-back, with him playing just 30 games for the Reds this season. In the last four games, Varane has not played due to injuries and accumulated cards. It can be said that he has been completely reduced to the fringe of the team, and Manchester United will not have any impact on the strength of the squad by sending him away. On the contrary, he also got rid of a high-salary burden.
As an individual player, he has won all the club honours he can in the Europa League. And Varane won the World Cup with the team in 18 years. It can be said that the national team and the club have achieved a double harvest. On this basis, it is a good choice for the 31-year-old to go to a low-level league like Saudi Arabia early for retirement. After all, you can get a salary of £50 million, so why not? At the same time, for Riyadh Victory, who are about to sign him, it is clear that the team is no match for Riyadh Crescent in the league.
And in order to be able to bring them down, the squad must be strengthened. Previously, the star of the team, Cristiano Ronaldo, has repeatedly proposed to the top management that if you want to achieve stable results, you need to sign 2~3 strong players from the European League. He was taken on board by the higher-ups, and now Varane is coming. It is worth mentioning that Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo have been teammates at Real Madrid and Manchester United before. This reunion can be regarded as a reunion of old friends. So in your opinion, after signing Raphael Varane next, the overall strength of Riyadh Victory will become stronger?