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Raphaël Varane and Manchester United feeling fearless for FA Cup final

I n a gleaming white Manchester United training suit Raphaël Varane emanates the kind of pre-FA Cup final cool that will be a boon to teammates when trying to claim a second trophy of the season and halt Manchester City’s tilt at the treble in Saturday’s Wembley showpiece.

Not that the France World Cup winner and four-time Champions League victor with Real Madrid is characterising taking on Pep Guardiola’s gilded team in any way that might allow his quotes to be dressing-room motivation fodder.

On a sun-drenched day at United’s Carrington base, Varane says: “We want to win and that’s the only objective we have. We don’t try to stop them, we want to win for the club.”

The 30-year-old is far more bullish when a particular F-word is put to him regarding what he and the rest of Erik ten Hag’s players may feel when attempting a repeat of January’s derby victory at Old Trafford.

“Fear? No. Why?” says Varane. “Every game is a challenge and I like to challenge myself, we like to challenge other teams too as a group. The most important is to believe. It doesn’t matter if it is a team in good or bad form, the challenge is in front of us and we have to accept it and do our best to win.”

Varane is clear that he and other senior players, including Bruno Fernandes, Casemiro, David de Gea, Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw, can lead the charge against Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish et al.

“Pressure is something we are used to playing with and we need pressure to be at our top,” he says. “It’s not that kind of pressure that limits you. When the pressure is higher I’m more talking and shouting on the pitch – more connected. When you are free you run faster” – he laughs – “so bigger pressure means more you can give.”

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