Re: Raphael Varane

by The Madrid One Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:23 pm

talk about varane and really point out how mourinho has declared he hasnt come here to throw rocks and get results hes come here to BUILD and WIN in the PRESENT & FUTURE

by Onyx Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:24 pm

Since Hierro left we've spent 147m Euros on defenders.

by The Madrid One Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:23 am

really? the defensive wall for the past 6 hasnt shown that Very Happy

*other than last season* :coffee:

by futbol_bill Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:21 am

Error wrote:Hopefully this means that Coentrao won't come. We should now let Ramos stay RB, although he is better as CB. But, I prefer Ramos as RB over Coentrao as RB and we would also save a lot of cash.

As much as I want to see Ramos stay at RB for a couple more years, we can't deny that Coentrao is coming. It will be announced this weekend or early next week. Varane is coming in to replace Garay (for now).It will likely (hopefully) push Albiol further down the bench.

by Doc Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:47 am

Not sound like a d1ck or anything but the transfers have been scheduled to be announced this week or next week or weekend for a month now. Forgive me if I'm a bit cynical by the whole thing.

by futbol_bill Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:57 pm

Doc wrote:Not sound like a d1ck or anything but the transfers have been scheduled to be announced this week or next week or weekend for a month now. Forgive me if I'm a bit cynical by the whole thing.

July 1st is the date when the club has a new operating budget. You won't see anything until then. Same thing happened last year. If you noticed on Varane signing, Madrid guaranteed payment as of July 1st (and that was a relatively small amount for a signing that we were in severe competition with others).

by Doc Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:09 pm

As the saying goes, we'll see. So you're strongly confident that Coentrao would be signed Bill?!

by shaven Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:10 pm

coentrao in the team is so questionable either we sign him or not

by futbol_bill Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:49 pm

Doc wrote:As the saying goes, we'll see. So you're strongly confident that Coentrao would be signed Bill?!

Absolutely. I expect it is either announced this Saturday or Monday. Only question (in my mind) is who is the player(s) going to Benfica?

by Onyx Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:35 pm

Could be Garay, Drenthe or Gago imo.

by shaven Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:48 pm

futbol_bill wrote:
Doc wrote:As the saying goes, we'll see. So you're strongly confident that Coentrao would be signed Bill?!

Absolutely. I expect it is either announced this Saturday or Monday. Only question (in my mind) is who is the player(s) going to Benfica?

most probably drenthe. they will need to fill the spot

by Baraa Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:35 am

guys, dont u think that 10 m is too much for him?
i would prefer coentrao to come instead

by Guest Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:04 am

BaraaTKF992 wrote:guys, dont u think that 10 m is too much for him?
i would prefer coentrao to come instead

If you saw him play you would think 10m is too little for him tbh

by Onyx Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:15 pm

Well Coentrao is more of a proven player, Varane is for the future.

by the xcx Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:22 pm

Yes he is for the future, but I think its fair to give him a couple of games in the next upcoming season as a sub.

by Onyx Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:31 pm

I think he should be loaned out for next season, we still have Carvalho and Albiol as backups.

by the xcx Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:39 pm

mtfootball wrote:I think he should be loaned out for next season, we still have Carvalho and Albiol as backups.

Carvalho is getting old and more of a injury prone and albilol isint the defender we can lay our trust on..
Loan him or play him as a backup defender, I wouldnt mind still.

by Mr Nick09 Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:30 pm

Varane just passes his French baccalaureate, good boy.

Didnt get distracted by the transfer.

by VanDeezNuts Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:03 pm

any news on his loan situation? the kid needs to be loaned to a high level club he would be able to play ASAP.. hopefully a CL or EL team, preferably in spain or portugal.

what are the chances he lands at villareal, valencia, or sevilla next year for a loan period?

by Onyx Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:22 pm

Yeh he needs to be loaned out. Carvalho and Albiol are the current backups.

by ♠Ace Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:34 am

please don't kill this kid's career
i love real madrid, but I can't stand how we handle most of our youth

by jenno Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:13 am

♠Ace wrote:please don't kill this kid's career
i love real madrid, but I can't stand how we handle most of our youth

Very true... too many signings... :/

by Guest Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:55 am

Varane will be fine especially if we end up selling Lass and Gago like its being reported. He will get plenty of minutes either in midfield or defence

by Guest Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:08 am

Raphäel Varane has passed his university entrance exams in France, with a specialty in social sciences and economics. In the last year, Varane combined his studies at the Gaillette center with playing for Lens.

by Guest Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:13 am

Crimson wrote:Raphäel Varane has passed his university entrance exams in France, with a specialty in social sciences and economics. In the last year, Varane combined his studies at the Gaillette center with playing for Lens.

That's an achievement truly. It's very tough to combine pro sports with studies successfully. The Bac is not as tough as it used to be in France (in my days, it was a bear); but it's nothing to sneeze at. The time commitment is big.

Now that he can fully dedicate himself to football, he should get even better.

by Guest Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:22 am

Yeah that's why I posted it, thought it was a great achievement, performing like he did in the top League in France as well as keeping up with his studies. Pretty extraordinary.

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