The coach of the Madrid club assured of the desire to keep the compatriot in the team's squad.

Despite the rumors that appeared earlier about the interest of English Manchester United in a transfer from Real Madrid of the French central defender Rafael Varan, the player's current club is not in the mood to conduct any negotiations on him.

Assurance of this position was expressed by the mentor of Real Madrid Zinedine Zidane during his post-match press conference at the end of the away meeting of his team against Villarreal (1: 1). The mentor's words are quoted by the resource Goal. com.

" He is part of this club, we are very lucky that we were able to bring him to Madrid. He has a great career and has achieved a lot since coming here.. Of course, we have no desire to part with him, "

Rafael Varane's current contract is coming to an end in the summer of 2021, but negotiations for an extension are still in progress. As well as the situation with a possible prolongation of relations with the leader of the defense of the team Sergio Ramos, whom they have already started to match to the top clubs in Europe.

The 27-year-old French center-back joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2011 with a € 10m transfer from Lens. The current value of a football player is 70 million euros, according to the portal Transfermarkt. As part of the Spanish grandee, Varane played 330 matches (29,334 minutes), in which he scored 15 goals and 7 assists.

The next match with the possible participation of this center-back is an away match against Inter Milan in the framework of the UEFA Champions League, which will take place on Wednesday 25 November.