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World Cup-winning defender, Raphael Varane is so close to joining Manchester United from Real Madrid according to news reports.
Several media outlets in Spain and England on Sunday night, July 25, report that both sides are close to agreeing on a deal with a deal now expected to take place for between €45m (£39/$53m) and €55m (£47m/$65m).
Both sides were far apart in valuations as of early last week but there has been significant progress towards Man Utd and Real Madrid agreeing on terms over recent hours according to reports from Marca, Mirror, Sun, and Goal.
Varane has been one of Man Utd’s top summer transfer priorities since they completed a deal to sign Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund. Varane only has a year left on his contract and wants to leave and if negotiations pull through, he will sign a five-year deal at Manchester United.
While speaking on The Football Terrace podcast, journalist Pete stated that the deal is ‘very, very close’ to completion, and after Varane indicated he is ‘up for this move’, the only thing missing is for Man Utd and Madrid to agree a fee.
“It’s very, very close, an exciting prospect for Manchester United fans that this deal is actually happening,” he said.
“Because, probably, at the start of the summer I don’t think anybody had any major hope that they’d be signing somebody like Raphael Varane.
“They’ve been given the indications that Varane is up for this move to Old Trafford, he is ready to leave Real Madrid after a long spell with the Spanish giants.
“And it all comes down to now agreeing a fee with Real Madrid And with the player keen to go, United being ready to meet his personal terms, Real Madrid are ready to sell him now.
“They can’t allow a player like Varane to wind down his contact and potentially leave on a free transfer next summer or sign a pre-contract in January.”
