France manager Didier Deschamps has confirmed that Manchester United defender Raphael Varane will be available for their World Cup opener against Australia on Tuesday evening.
The centre-back, who played a key role in helping Les Blues win the tournament in Russia back in 2018, suffered a hamstring injury during United's 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last month. He landed awkwardly when trying to rob the ball off the toes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, resulting in him almost being in tears on the pitch, obviously thinking that his World Cup hopes were over.
But although United manager Erik ten Hag confirmed that he would miss all of the Reds' remaining fixtures ahead of the World Cup starting, he did reveal that there was a good chance of the former Real Madrid man being fit enough to compete in Qatar.
