Quotes from Raphael Varane

When they are stronger I try to pass in front, that I cannot play. Like Lukaku, for example. He is the strongest forward in the world. He is pure power.

You will rarely see a defender in front of the opponent's goal.

Depending on the day's training intensity, we stretch, work on mobility, everything to prepare myself well. Later, we train, and depending on the day we do more physical work, more technical or more tactical. The duration also varies between 45 minutes and an hour and a half.

People have wanted me to change and it annoys me. Do we ask Ramos to be someone else? We take him as he is; take me as I am.

It takes a great strength of character to arrive at Real at 18 years and make a journey like I have so far.

It takes a great strength of character to arrive at Real at eighteen years and make a journey like I have so far.

Basically, I played football to share with others, to excel together, to achieve a goal. After, we all have our ego, our pride and our personality. But all alone, in football, it does not work.

You can be a huge player, if you play alone, the team loses.

To play for Madrid for 10 years and also being the number nine you have to be very good and have a huge mental strength.

In Madrid there is a lot of competition.

I want to continue to be a first-team regular here at Madrid. That is my long-term goal.

It would be wonderful to spend my whole career at Madrid. But my early days taught me to enjoy every moment because everything can change very quickly - I saw that with Euro 2016.

I consider myself to be from Madrid because I arrived very young, but I do not forget my years in Lens - of which I am also proud.