Chelsea fans are nodding their heads in agreement here in the Football Transfer Tavern as Metro seem to think they are willing to enter the race for Raphael Varane.
The Real Madrid defender was linked with both Manchester United and Chelsea on transfer deadline day and it seems that the Blues are willing to stump up a fair bit of cash in order to land their man.
As one of our punters notes, we think that £35 million is small change to pay for a player who can not only do a job at the heart of the defence and right back but one who can excel there as well and Varane will only get better, aged just 21.
In fact, the majority of our La Liga watchers cannot believe that Carlo Ancelotti prefers Pepe and Sergio Ramos as his first choice centre back partnership when both are fit, and we know that both Chelsea and United would love to see Varane in their colours.
Given how far Gary Cahill has fallen in the eyes of Mourinho this season, not to mention the fact that United haven no decent centre halves whatsoever – and that is being generous – we think this one could be a battle to watch.
