The FA Cup win over Liverpool will have instilled belief back into this Manchester United side, who have 10 Premier League games left to play.
08.03.2024 - 19:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Thierry Henry has praised Real Madrid for selling Raphael Varane to Manchester United at the right time due to his injury problems.
The Red Devils bought Varane, 30, in the summer of 2021 and he has played 89 games in total. But, the former World Cup winner's time at Old Trafford has been marked by injuries, mainly to his knee.
While Varane has had fitness issues, Real Madrid have built a team that could dominate Europe without him. Their current squad includes many players who are yet to reach their peak and they might finally sign long-term target Kylian Mbappe in the summer.
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Henry has applauded the club's knack for knowing when to sell players and used Varane as an example. He told CBS Sports, via the Mirror: "There's 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.
"If you look at it, if [Kylian] Mbappe goes there, they're going to have a team that can be dominating Europe and dominating their league for maybe six to seven years because they'll all be young, Mbappe, Vinicius Junior, if Mbappe goes there, Rodrygo, [Federico] Valverde, [Aurelien] 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 [Cristiano] Ronaldo.
"It was time for Casemiro. It was time for
The FA Cup win over Liverpool will have instilled belief back into this Manchester United side, who have 10 Premier League games left to play.
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