It’s not easy to win a race riding a bicycle when you’re used to going through bends in a WRC car. It’s not easy to ride a mule after you’ve been riding prize-winning stallions. And it’s not easy looking like a competent defender at Manchester United after being one for a decade at Real Madrid.Raphael Varane hasn’t looked like the world-class player he is over the past year. Adjusting to life in a new country with new teammates, struggling with injuries, and poor form didn’t help his cause since becoming a Red Devil. Still, the biggest problem, according to United great Rio Ferdinand, is the lack of direction and organisation at Old Trafford.Wednesday, 16.00: (2.00) Kinondoni (3.05) Mbeya Kwanza (4.00)Speaking on his YouTube channel, the former England international said that Varane suffered from a drastic fall in standard around him.”He went from a functioning team at the top level, a team where everyone played to their maximum consistently, to an absolute reverse situation where the team has zero functionality, no confidence, no guidance and no structure of where they’re going.”
Manchester United supporters are hoping and playing that the new coach Erik Ten Hag and some shrewd business would finally get them back among contenders for the title. Their rivals have gained the upper hand in the past decade, so there is no time to waste.If Varane is a Safari Rally veteran, then Ten Hag’s priority is to give him his car back.