Manchester United spent years chasing Laurent Blanc before finally signing him in 2001 – will it be the case with Raphael Varane now?

In 2001, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was in desperate need of a defender having sold Jaap Stam to Lazio for £16.5million and top of the manager’s shortlist was Laurent Blanc. If anyone could shore up a back line deprived of the Dutchman’s quality it was a man who kissed Fabien Barthez’s baldy head […]