Video Diego Simeone sends a message to Cristiano Ronaldo after Champions league draw.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have 


contested the Ballon d’Or awards for more 


than a decade now, with the Manchester United


 forward winning five.






Messi has seven, even though his recent win 


was highly controversial. The one year neither


 player won was 2018, when the award went


 to Croatia midfielder Luka Modric.






As usual, not everybody was happy with this


 decision, and Atletico Madrid boss Diego 


Simeone was one of those who felt it should


 have gone elsewhere.




Manchester United take on Atletico Madrid


 in the Champions League last 16 after Monday’s


 re-draw. This pits Simeone up against Varane 


again.




Speaking in 2018 via Goal,Simeone said: “Everyone


 can choose who he thinks is the most appropriate


. We congratulate Modric; he had a very good 


season. For me, the best were Varane and


 Griezmann.”



Simeone was speaking in a year in which 



Varane  won the Champions League with 


Real Madrid and the World Cup with France.




Varane left Real for Manchester United in the


 summer after a decade at Real Madrid, in 


which he had numerous deals with Simeone’s


 Atletico.



In his 25 matches against Atletico, 



Varane  has 10 wins, 8 draws, and 7 defeats,


 and has never scored, or been sent off against


 them.



Varane has been out injured for the past 


two months, although is on the verge of a 


return after being pictured in training last week.




While there is an outside chance he features


 against Brighton at the weekend if the game 


is on, a more likely return date is against


 Newcastle United on December 27, a side 


he has already faced once in a 4-1 victory 


at Old Trafford in early September.




The Frenchman has played nine games 


for Manchester United since joining, helping


 to keep two clean sheets during those 


appearances.



United’s defence has shown recent improvement


 under Ralf Rangnick, with back to back clean


 sheets in the Premier League for the first


 time this season.



By time the Champions League ties with 


Atletico Madrid come around, Varane is 


expected to be United’s clear first choice,


 and the debate will turn to who should 


partner him. All the defender needs to 


do is stay injury free.




Varane’s history with Diego Simeone has 


not always been pleasant. The pair had to 


be separated during the 2014 Champions


 League final.




Simeone took exception to Real celebrating


 the fourth extra-time goal and chased Varane 


down to make his views clear.


Ronaldo leading United has the potential

 to spark more fireworks against Atletico

, and Varane won’t be far away. 

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