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Manchester United deal for Raphael Varane in doubt?

Man United deal for Raphael Varane in doubt?
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Manchester United reportedly have doubts over completing a deal for Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane this summer.

Manchester United are reportedly considering alternatives to Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane.

The France international has just 12 months remaining on his contract at Los Blancos, who he has represented since 2011.

The 28-year-old is keen to take on a new challenge, leading to strong interest from United at a time when they require reinforcements in the middle of their backline.

While numerous reports have suggested that United are clear favourites to wrap up a deal, Diario AS claims that the Premier League outfit have doubts over whether a transfer will be completed.

With Real currently against accepting a cut-price fee for the player, United are said to have identified a number of different options.

Villarreal's Pau Torres and Sevilla's Jules Kounde, both valued in the region of £50m, reportedly feature on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's shortlist.

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Wednesday's key events


ROWING
· Team GB have dominated the men's coxless fours in recent Olympics, winning on each of the last five occasions, but this year they face some stiff competition. They are one of four rowing medal contenders for Great Britain today (2.10am)

SWIMMING
· Katie Ledecky and Ariarne Titmus face off again in the women's 200m freestyle final, with the latter having already come out on top in the 400m event (2.41am)
· Team GB's Abbie Wood is among the medal contenders in the women's 200m individual medley final, while teammate Alicia Wilson will also take part. USA's Kate Douglass was the fastest qualifier, while world and Olympic record holder Katinka Hosszu is also involved (3.45am)
· Katie Ledecky could make it two golds in one morning as she goes into the 1500m freestyle final as heavy favourite, having broken the Olympic record in qualifying (3.54am)
· Team GB were by far the fastest qualifiers for the men's 4x200m freestyle relay final and will therefore be favourites for another gold in the pool (4.26am)

RUGBY SEVENS
· Team GB take on New Zealand in the first men's semi-final, having been beaten by reigning champions Fiji but then come from behind to overcome USA on day two (3am)
· The sevens gold medal match takes place at Tokyo Stadium, with the winner of Great Britain vs. New Zealand taking on either Argentina or Fiji (10am)

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
· Joe Fraser and James Hall compete for Team GB in the men's all-around final (11.15am-2.10pm)

CYCLING
· Anna Shackley will take part in the women's road time trial (from 3.30am)
· Geraint Thomas and Tao Geoghegan Hart have medal ambitions for Great Britain in the men's road time trial, although both will need to recover from the crash they suffered on Saturday (6am)

DIVING
· Jack Laugher bids to retain his men's 3m synchro diving title alongside new partner Daniel Goodfellow (7am)

EQUESTRIAN
· Charlotte Dujardin will look to add to her already legendary status with a third successive Olympic individual dressage title (9.30am-1.25pm)

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