€100m-rated star contacts Pep Guardiola to ask for Manchester City transfer

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Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane has reportedly contacted Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola to offer himself to the club.

Don Balon claim the France international is pessimistic about his first-team chances at the Bernabeu and wants to leave, with City seeming like a decent club to try to engineer a move to.

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The Premier League champions recently lost Aymeric Laporte to what looks like a serious injury that could keep him out for some time, and this follows Vincent Kompany’s departure in the summer.

City could no doubt do with strengthening at the back with a player like Varane, who was talked up as being valued at around €100million by a Don Balon report in the summer.

However, this latest Don Balon report claims Guardiola is not keen on the 26-year-old, having been unconvinced by his recent performances.

Raphael Varane wants a transfer to Manchester City

It does seem fair to say that Varane probably hasn’t quite reached the potential many thought he would when he first burst onto the scene as a youngster.

Still, MCFC probably also can’t afford to be too picky right now as they look in need of strengthening at the back to fight off the challenge of a top Liverpool side in the title race this season.

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