Manchester United are sailing through troubled waters. If the situation of Jadon Sancho becomes more and more critical, if Marcus Rashford is unwillingly involved in a matter concerning his brother, in addition to having been sidelined for a match, and if the majority of recruits do not succeed to perform, the Raphaël Varane file is perhaps being added to the list of thorny cases to manage for Erik ten Hag. Far from being impeccable this season, the Dutch coach does not seem to make the French defender his priority. Worse, the latter is put in the closet by his coach, who remains unclear as to the reasons for such sidelining.
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So, is there a relationship problem between the two men? “Absolutely not”, denied Erik ten Hag after the rout against Copenhagen in C1 (4-3). The Batavian coach would not be delighted at the idea of aligning a Maguire-Varane hinge and adds that they are in competition, well, more or less: “Ideally, yes, but there are moments in certain matches where they can play together and they have already proven that they can do it.” He pursues : “but the build-up is not so smooth when one of them plays from the left centre-back position. Licha (Martinez) and Luke Shaw obviously can, but Jonny Evans and Victor Lindelof, they’re right-footed but they can also play very comfortably with their left foot. You can then build a better formation where you can start playing”. Quite dubious explanations. What is certain is that Raphaël Varane no longer seems to be in his trainer’s plans…
Pub. 11/12/2023 1:52 p.m. Updated 11/12/2023 2:38 p.m.
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