Former Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane spoke about the reasons for leaving the royal club during the last transfer period, and revealed the motives for choosing Manchester United after many years in Spain.
Varane, 28, joined Manchester United for $ 46.5 million last summer, after 10 years with the royal club, during which he won many titles, including 4 Champions League titles.
The French defender said in an interview with the British newspaper "Telegraph" that what prompted him to leave Real Madrid was the special atmosphere surrounding the team and the way the fans dealt with the coronation of various titles.
He added, "After winning the Champions League, the fans don't congratulate you. They tell you, OK, start working on the next title, that was after winning the first title, and I won 4 titles, but they always said: OK, start working on the next title."
"Sometimes I think you have to enjoy what you have, and what we achieved was very good. We did not always celebrate titles together, for example, after the last Champions League, we had a date with preparing for the World Cup right after the coronation."
Varane expressed a wish he had every time, and said, "Sometimes I wanted to press the pause button to give me some time to celebrate the successes."
He considered that this atmosphere is what makes Real Madrid distinguished, and added, "Because Real Madrid has this mentality, it is different. That is why I wanted to change. It was not that I did not like this mentality or because it was bad, on the contrary, it is very good, but I wanted to try something." Different".