Ralf Rangnick takes sly dig at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer over handling of Raphael Varane

Raphael Varane has endured an injury-ravanged season (Picture by Visionhaus/Getty Photos)

Manchester United interim supervisor Ralf Rangnick has taken a sly dig at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for his poor dealing with of defender Raphael Varane.

The Frenchman joined United final summer season for a charge of round £40million and he’s impressed when match.

However Varane’s debut marketing campaign has been interrupted with quite a lot of accidents, which has prevented the defender from forming a partnership with both Victor Lindelof or Harry Maguire.

A groin harm simply 5 weeks into the season left Varane sidelined for over a fortnight however he was again within the facet for the essential Champions League go to to Atalanta.

Varane was rushed again from harm in November and broke down on his return (Picture by Matthew Peters/Manchester United by way of Getty Photos)

Nevertheless, Varane was withdrawn halfway by means of the primary half after struggling a hamstring harm and he spent six pricey weeks on the sidelines.

Rangnick has taken way more warning with Varane since he took cost and the defender’s solely missed a few fixtures with non-injury points like coronavirus and abdomen points.

And the German took a slight dig at Solskjaer’s dealing with of the defender at this time, talking earlier than United’s Champions League tie in opposition to Atletico Madrid.

Requested about his choices in defence, Rangnick mentioned he was treating Varane with care: ‘When Victor [Lindelöf] got here on [vs Tottenham], he performed effectively.

‘As I mentioned, it’s good to have Raphaël [Varane] totally match once more. We taken care of him and he taken care of himself, not taking part in too early once more. Now he appears to be match frequently

‘He’s [Varane] essential however with Victor Lindelöf we've additionally gained fairly just a few video games and performed effectively and had just a few clear sheets.

‘Proper now, we've high gamers within the centre of defence and it'll not be really easy for me to take that call for tomorrow.’

Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay and Luke Shaw have been all again in coaching after lacking the win in opposition to Tottenham on Saturday.

Whereas Fernandes and McTominay have been cleared match, there’s an even bigger query mark over Shaw.

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