Raphael Varane – Lens > Real Madrid
Just one season with Lens and the Frenchman was on the radar of the Spanish giants. 18 years old at the time, Varane’s move came with a sense of expectations given the serious outlay Madrid had given for an unproven defender.
But Los Blancos seem to have certainly uncovered a gem that not many in Europe knew about and snapped him up for a paltry figure considering what a force he has and could yet further become.

