Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has insisted Raphael Varane is going nowhere in the summer transfer window, amid speculation Chelsea are keen on a £100 million transfer deal.

Varane has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past few months after shock reports emerged which claimed that he now wants to leave La Liga at the end of the season and test himself in another top League, with the Premier League and Bundesliga high up on his possible list of destinations.

Chelsea have been long-time linked with a move for the Frenchman, as Maurizio Sarri is desperate to improve his back-line in the summer, and were even boosted after agent Bruno Satin came out and claimed that Varane is actually considering leaving the club in search of fresh challenges, after accomplishing all he could at the Bernabeu.

However, now Zidane is back in charge of the club after leaving last summer, the Frenchman has admitted that he has no intention of letting his best defender leave the club at the end of the season, announcing that he cannot imagine a future without Varane in his squad.

“The positive point of this season finale is that Varane will stay,” Zidane said on the Marca website

“I want the season to end as soon as possible but there are three games left and we have to respect the competition.

“We cannot finish the season giving this image of ourselves.”

However, with a number of clubs chasing the Frenchman’s signature in the summer, Madrid may be forced into selling Varane as there is noting they can do if a player wants out of the club, even if he is in a long-term contract as his unhappiness will effect his team-mates.

Varane is just the type of world class defender that Chelsea need to come in and help get the club challenging for trophies, especially as he is considered to be one of the best defenders in world football right now.

Chelsea fans would love to see the Frenchman arrive, especially as he hasn’t even reached his prime in the game yet. So it will be a massive shame to see that he will not be heading to the Premier League in the coming months.

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