Man Utd’s Raphael Varane sent cheeky message by Sergio Ramos over transfer after legendary Real Madrid defence splits
SERGIO RAMOS has reached out to Raphael Varane with a cheeky message ahead of his imminent move to Manchester United.
Varane is on the verge of joining United, who agreed on a £41million fee with Real earlier this week, after Ramos signed with Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer.
The two star centre-backs formed a rock-solid duo in Los Blancos' defence during their time together at the Santiago Bernabeu.
And Ramos wanted to publicly bid his former partner farewell in a special manner.
The former Real captain wished the France international luck ahead of his new challenge at Old Trafford.
The 35-year-old then joked that if they ever face each other then Varane will have to favour PSG because they are French.
Ramos posted a picture of them celebrating together on and captioned it with the following statement:
"Dear Rapha, I can only thank you for these years of friendship, companionship and triumphs, and wish you luck in a new stage that will surely be exciting.
"If we face each other, always with the team of your country, right? Take care."
Meanwhile, United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is ecstatic with Varane's imminent arrival.
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Solskjaer revealed that the Red Devils have been wanting to sign the 28-year-old since Sir Alex Ferguson was still in charge and described him as a "proven winner".
Solskjaer said: "Of course, I’m very happy that we’ve managed to get the deal with Real Madrid.
"He’s a proven winner and a player we’ve followed for many, many years.
"I know Sir Alex was very, very close to signing him and this time around we’ve got him at the other end of his career.
"He’s proved over his whole career what a good person he is, first of all. [He’s a] professional and he’s won all there is to win."
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