Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has revealed that he has not had talks with Raphael Varane about his future after reports that the defender may be on his way out to the club this summer.
The Frenchman has only one year left on his current contract at the Santiago Bernabeu and without news of a new contract, he will then be available for a free transfer next year.
Varane’s potential availability has alerted a number of Europe’s best sides, with Manchester United in particular monitoring his situation with a view to moving to the World Cup winner if he fails to sign new terms at Real.
Perez was asked if he had any updates on Varane’s future during a candid interview, although the club president claimed that he had not even discussed the matter with the French international and that all negotiations must wait until he returns from Euro 2020.
“I read the news in the newspapers and I know nothing,” he told the radio program El Transistor (via Onda Cero). “He is at the Eurocup and we will deal with the renewals later.
Raphael Varane is away in international service with France / Alex Pantling / Getty Images
“I have not talked to the player and I do not know what he wants. If he wants to leave he will say so. And if he wants to stay he will say so.”
Varane is not the only real player whose future is currently in the air, with Gareth Bale also potentially on his way out of the club.
The Welshman spent last season on loan at Tottenham but still struggled to keep a regular place in the starting XI, and Perez had nothing but praise for Bale when asked about the forward.
“Gareth Bale is one of the great players in Europe,” he said. “What I remember is that in Kiev he gave us the European Cup, the head in Lisbon, the race to the left against Barcelona”
Gareth Bale may be on his way out of Real this summer / Quality Sport Images / Getty Images
The real president did not give a damn about Bale’s future in Madrid, although one man whose resignation has already been confirmed is Sergio Ramos.
The Spaniard has left Real after 16 years at the Santiago Bernabeu and Perez claimed he would never close the door when he returned to the club for Ramos in the future.
“Everything I had to say about Sergio Ramos I have already said,” he added. “We offered him a contract and told him he had a deadline and that he did not recognize it. He will do very well for sure and this is his home and he will be able to return. Life goes on.”
