Raphael Varane's road to Manchester

The centre-back was cruelly denied his first Manchester United goal in the 1-1 draw with Burnley last week, following a lengthy VAR review and referee Mike Dean consulting the touchline screen, but he has been showing his class of late.

Indeed, interim manager Ralf Rangnick felt Varane's performance in the Emirates FA Cup tie against Middlesbrough was his best yet for the Reds.

Raphael afforded us his time recently for a detailed interview that was first published in Inside United, the official magazine.

Check out what he had to say and watch the video...

Raphael, as we’re looking at your story so far, can we go back to the start – what are you earliest memories of football?

“I think it was at…