{"id":302692,"date":"2023-12-17T15:25:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T15:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302692"},"modified":"2023-12-17T15:25:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T15:25:27","slug":"gary-neville-slams-raphael-varane-for-being-found-out-at-man-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/gary-neville-slams-raphael-varane-for-being-found-out-at-man-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville SLAMS Raphael Varane for being &apos;found out&apos; at Man United"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Gary Neville SLAMS Raphael Varane for being &#8216;found out&#8217; at Man United&#8230; as he insists the defender is &#8216;not a &#8216;dominant leader&#8217; and wants to &#8216;be a second centre back&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Varane was recalled to start for the first time in seven weeks on Tuesday night<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The likes of Jonny Evans and Harry Maguire have been preferred to the defender<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Manchester United fans must be DREADING Anfield trip &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gary Neville has slammed Raphael Varane for being &#8216;found out&#8217; at Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Varane arrived at the club last year with high hopes having won four Champions League titles and a World Cup during his time with Real Madrid and France.<\/p>\n<p>But he has underwhelmed during his time at Old Trafford, and has been in and out of the team under Erik ten Hag, with the likes of Harry Maguire and Jonny Evans often preferred to the 30-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to line up in defence when the Red Devils take on Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday, and United fans will hope he can put in a solid performance with a patched-up line-up expected at the back.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before the game on Sky Sports, former United man Neville criticised Varane, admitting that he&#8217;s not played the role many were expecting upon his arrival at the club.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/14\/79056315-0-image-m-73_1702823634453.jpg\" height=\"454\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville has slammed Raphael Varane for being &#8216;found out&#8217; at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/14\/79056317-0-image-a-74_1702823668623.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The defender was recalled to the starting line-up for the first time in seven games in midweek<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/14\/79056327-0-image-a-75_1702823671031.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Neville (pictured) suggested Varane is &#8216;not a dominant centre back&#8217; and that he hasn&#8217;t shown leadership while at the Red Devils<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He has gone under the radar,&#8217; Neville said. &#8216;For his career, and he\u2019s not the only one, I agree someone like him with the big matches and tournaments that you\u2019d expect a lot, lot more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Something has happened, there&#8217;s been a fall out, it doesn\u2019t give me confidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;With defenders you look at if they are they a first or second centre back. He\u2019s second, he likes the other to be dominant and he had that at Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think he\u2019s been found out a bit. He\u2019s not the dominant leader type you talk about.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Neville referenced a potential fall out between Varane and Ten Hag, which has seen the defender relegated to the bench in a number of recent games.<\/p>\n<p>He was recalled to the first team for the first time in seven weeks as United limped to a 1-0 defeat in the Champions League as they were knocked out of the competition on Tuesday, finishing bottom of their group.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/14\/79056321-0-image-a-76_1702823678074.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There have been suggestions that there has been a fall-out between Erik ten Hag (pictured) and Varane<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/14\/79056383-0-image-m-79_1702824089504.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Varane has won the World Cup and four Champions League titles throughout what has been an illustrious career<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Neville, meanwhile, has warned United of another hammering at the hands of Liverpool if Ten Hag refuses to change his approach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In these big games away from home, he&#8217;s continued to play that same type of football,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I think that for today, he sends them out in the same style, same way of playing the man to man marking open in midfield. 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