{"id":445677,"date":"2011-06-22T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/22\/lens-president-expects-manchester-united-target-raphael-varane-to-complete-real-madrid-move-today\/"},"modified":"2011-06-22T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T13:05:00","slug":"lens-president-expects-manchester-united-target-raphael-varane-to-complete-real-madrid-move-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/lens-president-expects-manchester-united-target-raphael-varane-to-complete-real-madrid-move-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Lens president expects Manchester United target Raphael Varane to complete Real Madrid move today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Salvatore Landolina<\/h3>\n<h4>22 Jun 2011 14:05:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.807853717\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rapha\u00ebl Varane \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/134500\/134538_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rapha\u00ebl Varane<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"33.4323529412\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/124\/real-madrid-news\">Real Madrid<\/a> are in pole position for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/45142\/raphael-varane\">Raphael Varane<\/a> after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/france\/50\/rc-lens\">Lens<\/a> confirmed talks for the 18-year-old centre-back are taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Lens president Gervais Martel believes a deal could be completed soon, leaving Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain empty handed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the club&#8217;s official website, Martel said talks were gaining momentum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not done officially with Real Madrid but talks are on track and hopefully it the transfer will happen today,&#8221; Martel said.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/21\/2541196\/raphael-varane-joining-manchester-united-would-please-me-but\">Varane spoke of his admiration for Manchester United and Real Madrid<\/a> in an exclusive interview with <strong>Goal.com<\/strong>. Reports have since suggested that Zinedine Zidane has talked with the player to help push a deal through.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Madrid directors were very good to us, they have been speaking with the player. There is nothing that could go wrong,&#8221; Martel added.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have tipped the defender to struggle at the Bernabeu, but the president believes he will thrive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some believe that Raphael will not play there,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I can tell you he will not go to Real Madrid to repaint the changing rooms! Raphael is intelligent, everybody knows it. I want to emphasise the speaker was exceptional, in this case Zinedine Zidane.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Previous reports suggested United had made a \u00a39.2 million bid for the player, but Martel did not mention the Premier League side as Varane edges closer to Spain.\ufeff<span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3277\/la-liga\/2011\/06\/22\/2543088\/lens-president-expects-manchester-united-target-raphael\" title=\"Lens president expects Manchester United target Raphael Varane to complete Real Madrid move today\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lens president expects Manchester United target Raphael Varane to complete Real Madrid move today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Salvatore Landolina 22 Jun 2011 14:05:00 Rapha\u00ebl Varane Related Links Teams Players Real Madrid are in pole position for Raphael Varane after Lens confirmed talks for the 18-year-old centre-back are taking place. Lens president Gervais Martel believes a deal could be completed soon, leaving Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain empty handed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":445678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-445677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lens president expects Manchester United target Raphael Varane to complete Real Madrid move today - 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\/22\/lens-president-expects-manchester-united-target-raphael-varane-to-complete-real-madrid-move-today\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Lens president expects Manchester United target Raphael Varane to complete Real Madrid move today - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Salvatore Landolina 22 Jun 2011 14:05:00 Rapha\u00ebl Varane Related Links Teams Players Real Madrid are in pole position for Raphael Varane after Lens confirmed talks for the 18-year-old centre-back are taking place. 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