Despite rarely appearing for Real Madrid, Varane has already become famous at the Spanish capital.
The young French centre-back, Raphael Varane has recently claimed that he is embarrassed after being compared to his French compatriot, Zinedine Zidane.
It is true that Zidane played in a different position as compared to Varane, but the comparisons are being drawn on the basis of success, and not position.
It is recently being said by the Real Madrid faithful that the French centre-back will be as much of a success at the Santiago Bernabeu, as the former Ballon d’Or winner.
The French U21 star was signed by Real Madrid last season and after his six appearances for the Spanish giants in La Liga, Varane has shown that he is a player who can fit in Los Blancos’ backline, in the future.
However, despite showing his brilliant talent on the pitch for Real Madrid this season, Varane believes that drawing comparisons with Zinedine Zidane’s success might be a bit too early.
The French defender quoted:
“I cannot compare with Zizou,” the 18-year-old defender told the club’s official website. “He is a legend.”
“I am a young player at Real Madrid. I came here to help the team and to progress in my career. The goal is to grow as a person and player.”
“It’s a fantastic team with great facilities; a huge club. I’ve only seen amazing things so far.”
Jose Mourinho is not rushing Varane into the first team, even though he has given solid performances for Los Blancos.
The league leaders are currently 10 points clear of the current Spanish champions, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, and are expected to win La Liga this season. However, Varane has rarely a part in Madrid’s success in La Liga.
“There are still many games and we have to work very hard to achieve it (the title),” he said.
“(But) the team has defended well and are in solidarity with one another. It is important to defend well to win.”
Raphael Varane has played 11 games for Real Madrid this season, and the French centre-back is so brilliant in defence that he has not picked up a single booking thus far.
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