It was the chance Raphael Varane had waited for, one his pedigree suggested he was always likely to take. That a World Cup and four-time Champions League winner has been unhappy with losing his ...

According to Sky Sport Italia, ex-Manchester United centre-back Raphael Varane has arrived in Como with his agents to negotiate with the newly promoted Serie A club, but Roma are also interested.

Neither their stuttering start to the season nor their decade of disappointment bodes well but Varane argued they can win the competition. “I think so, yes,” he said. And if he is compelled to talk up ...

Wednesday night's Copa Clasico at the Estadio Bernabeu was billed as a straight shoot-out between the two team's red-hot attackers. The story was already written, it just lacked a leading man. Over ...