Raphael Varane, a defender for Real Madrid, was sold to Manchester United, according to former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry, because of a “knee issue.”
Remember that Varane departed Real Madrid for Manchester United in the summer of 2021 after spending ten years there and winning eighteen titles.
Henry also commended Real Madrid for their ability to develop and preserve a winning squad by holding onto some of the more seasoned players and letting the younger players pick up skills from them.
The former Barcelona player made the observation that Real Madrid may rule Europe for many years to come if they could get Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain and retain their present young players.
“There is one thing you have to give them [Real Madrid] a lot of credit for, the ability they have to make sure they build a team with keeping some of the old guard with them to make sure that they can explain to the guys coming, the young guys coming,” Henry told CBS Sports.
“If you look at it, if Mbappe goes there, they are going to have a team that can be dominating Europe and dominating their league for maybe six to seven years because they will all be young- Mbappe, Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, Valverde, Tchouameni.
“The one thing they do ever so well is they know when to get rid of players.
“I am not talking about the players that are logical to get rid of. I am talking about it was time for Ronaldo. It was time for Casemiro. It was time for Ozil. It was time for Varane, which was more, I think, of a knee issue, if I understand well.”
