{"id":442669,"date":"2011-06-17T00:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/17\/manchester-united-target-lens-defender-raphael-varane-intends-to-move-to-a-club-that-will-offer-him-regular-football\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T00:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T00:41:00","slug":"manchester-united-target-lens-defender-raphael-varane-intends-to-move-to-a-club-that-will-offer-him-regular-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/manchester-united-target-lens-defender-raphael-varane-intends-to-move-to-a-club-that-will-offer-him-regular-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United target &#038; Lens defender Raphael Varane intends to move to a club that will offer him regular football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>17 Jun 2011 01:41:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.4031620553\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Raphael Varane - RC Lens\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/129900\/129961_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Raphael Varane &#8211; RC Lens<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"24.0988671473\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> target <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/45142\/raphael-varane\">Raphael Varane<\/a> insists that he will leave <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/france\/50\/rc-lens\">Lens<\/a> only for a club that can offer him regular football.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have been linked with a move for the young defender over the past few months, and recent reports pointed towards a \u00a39.2 million bid being made to secure his services.<\/p>\n<p>But the 18-year-old, who has also been linked with moves to Manchester City, Paris-Saint Germain, Lyon, claims that he has offers on the table and will pick the one that will guarantee him regular time on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know I have the choice. I can sign for a foreign club and move abroad, or I could join another club in Ligue 1,&#8221; Varane said, according to <em>The Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What interests me is playing regularly and so I have to think carefully and go to a club that will allow me to progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>United have Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand as their first-choice centre-halves, while Chris Smalling and new signing Phil Jones will also be competing for a spot in the line-up.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/17\/2535524\/manchester-united-target-lens-defender-raphael-varane-intends-to-\" title=\"Manchester United target &amp; Lens defender Raphael Varane intends to move to a club that will offer him regular football\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United target &amp; Lens defender Raphael Varane intends to move to a club that will offer him regular football<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 17 Jun 2011 01:41:00 Raphael Varane &#8211; RC Lens Related Links Teams Players Manchester United target Raphael Varane insists that he will leave Lens only for a club that can offer him regular football. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United target &amp; Lens defender Raphael Varane intends to move to a club that will offer him regular football - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/manchester-united-target-lens-defender-raphael-varane-intends-to-move-to-a-club-that-will-offer-him-regular-football\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester United target &amp; 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