Raphael Varane has admitted that he would welcome the signings of both Paul Pogba and Eden Hazard at Real Madrid, in an interview with Marca via the Daily Mail.
The French international recently extended his contract with Los Blancos. He knows both Premier League stars well, playing with Pogba in the French national team and against Hazard in the World Cup and Ligue 1.
Real Madrid are looking to rebuild their squad after a disappointing season where they finished 19 points adrift of bitter rivals Barcelona.
Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is known to admire Pogba and Hazard and the two are heavily linked with a move to the Spanish capital this summer.
Belgian star Hazard looks certain to swap Stamford Bridge for the Bernabeu. The Chelsea playmaker only has one year left on his contract and is expected to fill the goal-scoring gap left by Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure to Juventus.
Varane acknowledged a transfer swoop for both players is possible, in particularly Chelsea’s Hazard.
I’ve known him since I started at Lens.
He is a top player and it’s like I said to explain the case with Pogba, he could also play at Madrid.
He is in the best moment of his career with the age and quality he has. When we (France) faced (Belgium) in the World Cup semi-finals we knew we had to have a special plan to stop him.
After a third-place finish in La Liga and a dreadful season abroad, Florentino Perez is itching to sign the next ‘Galacticos’ to lift the club back to its former glory.
Hazard has scored 19 goals and created 16 assists this season. Varane praised his sensational form, stating the Blues forward “is in the best moment of his career by age and the quality he has.”
