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If they let him go, it means they will have to spend heavily to get much better defenders having in mind that there's no more Zizou who would use his tactics to rely young players to replace injured senior players. As things stand right now, Varane still has one year left on his contract. They could decided to keep him and risk having him leave on free transfer next summer.
Manchester United did want to sign Varane since two seasons ago, but only recently got the green light from Real Madrid. The problem is that there is
no price agreement between Madrid and Man United, Real Madrid has lost Sergio Ramos, then the presence of Varane is needed by Madrid. There is
a possibility that Varane is in Madrid until his contract runs out, because Real Madrid charge a very high price. But according to the news I read
Man United have a back-up plan in case it fails to sign Varane, Man United are eyeing Jules Kounde from Sevilla and Tyrone Mings from Aston Villa.
As Real Madrid have lost Ramos, I think they wouldn't like to run the risk of losing Varane also. I really wonder what's going to happen. Will Real Madrid manage to convince him and extend his contract or else?
Manchester Utd have been after Kounde for a long time actually. There were some rumours in the last transfer window about it also. If they don't succeed in signing Varane, this time they'd probably become serious about Kounde.
Real Madrid tried several times to offer Varane a contract extension, but according to the news I read, Varane rejected Madrid's offer.
Looks like Varane really wants to move to another team, but if Real Madrid in the 2021/2022 season can get a La Liga or Champions
League trophy, there is a possibility that Varane will change his mind. Jules Kounde has a more realistic price, so I predict Man United
will fail to sign Varane. Even though Varane is Man United's priority right now, but the price Real Madrid wants is too high.
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I doubt that they could charge a high price because Varane publicly said he wants out, when a player says he wants out then the price of that player suddenly goes down under what he is really worth. I mean there is a sweet spot for players, if the team doesn't want to really sell but you gave them an offer on what he worths then they may charge even more, if the team and player comes to agreement to seek for a price and maybe they may consider selling then you can get away with what the player worths, but when a player wants out then the price is very low.
I remember the opposite happening, Neymar went for 220 million total I believe, which turns out to be a good move because it put PSG into map, not a bad choice of money spending as well. If varane really decides that he wants out, then he will have the chance to get sold for a good amount not so high.
Indeed, in some news Varane wants to move from Madrid, therefore Varane refuses a contract extension offered by Madrid. But not necessarily
the price will be lower, because as long as Varane is still under contract with Madrid, Madrid has the right to determine the selling price of Varane.
The problem is Real Madrid don't want to lose Varane, that's why Real Madrid are asking for a high price. Even though Varane's contract will
expire soon, therefore there is a possibility that Varane will move on a free transfer.