The information had passed almost unnoticed.
Sunday November 9 in additional time of the match between Everton and Manchester United (1-2), Raphaël Varane made his return to competition by replacing Antony.
Victim of an uncomplicated sprained ankle on October 2 during the derby against Manchester City, the world champion is now restored.
As a result, he appears again this Thursday evening in the group called to welcome the Cypriots of Omonia Nicosia in the Europa League (9 p.m.).
In all likelihood, the Dutch technician Erik ten Hag, anxious to spare him, will leave him on the bench at kick-off.
This is, however, good news for both the Red Devils and of course for the France team less than six weeks before the start of the Blues against Australia on November 22.
Even more at a time when the tricolor defense is registering several players on hold (Lucas Hernandez, Presnel Kimpembe and Jules Koundé).
Before being hampered by his injury, Varane had appeared particularly to his advantage with his club.
After a first season in England, partly truncated by physical glitches (29 games played and 26 starts), he had chained convincing performances since the start of the season alongside Lisandro Martinez, at the same time relegating Harry Maguire to the bench replacements.
A statistic says a lot about its influence.
Before the sinking against Manchester City (6_3), where he had to give up his place after 40 minutes, MU had not conceded any defeat in the five Premier League games where the former Madrid player was in the starting lineup.
At the same time, he is more than ever a taulier with the Blues.
His absence against Denmark on September 25 (2-0 defeat) weighed on the poor performance of Didier Deschamps' men.