Get the latest United transfer window updates, pre-season news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk has previously described soon-to-be Manchester United star Raphael Varane as an "excellent defender." Varane is on the cusp of officially completing a move to Old Trafford after United confirmed on Tuesday evening that they had reached an agreement with Real Madrid for a deal to be completed, subject to the France international passing a medical.
As well as passing a medical, the only other barrier standing between Varane and him becoming a United player is the formalities of terms being finalised.
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