00:00He is Rafael Varane's half-brother, he was trained at Arcelance and attracted interest from a Madrid club
00:04And now he's of interest to Saint-Etienne, but who is Jonathan Varane?
00:07Born on September 9, 2001 in Lille, he obviously grew up in a family that was already very involved in top-level football.
00:12since he is the half-brother of Rafael Varane who was obviously a world champion and who won everything with Real Madrid.
00:16And his family will take a fairly healthy approach, since they will refuse to compare the two players.
00:20assuming that everyone is pursuing their own career, is not even in the same position, etc.
00:23Jonathan started playing football in Laos 5-1 before joining the Arcelance training centre in 2009.
00:28And there, Jonathan will take a little while to find his place since he will be an attacker, then a link, then a central midfielder before finally becoming a defensive midfielder.
00:34But that has a quality in modern football today, we are talking about a player who is capable of playing in several positions.
00:39In 2021, after more than 10 years at the club, he will sign his first professional contract
00:42and will play his one and only Ligue 1 match with Arcelance against FC Nantes.
00:46Having no playing time with Arcelance, Jonathan will be loaned to Rodez in January 2022.
00:50He will play 6 games, only one of which as a starter, and will obviously not be retained by either Rodez or Arcelance.
00:56In the summer of 2022, he made a bold choice; he decided to go abroad.
00:59He will be joining Sporting Creek Road in the Spanish second division, except that initially he will be with the reserve team.
01:03He will have difficulty integrating, but little by little, he will integrate like a professional into the team.
01:07From January 2023, he becomes a regular starter for the team and therefore he will extend his contract until 2027 with the Spanish club.
01:13The following season was a little more mixed; his performances dipped slightly.
01:17He will have less playing time because there will be a lot of competition at the Spanish club.
01:19But despite everything, he continues to attract attention since Atletico Madrid will be interested in him in 2023.
01:24Ultimately, the deal will not go through because Atletico will lose interest in the matter.
01:27and in August 2024, he will leave Spain for the Championship, the English second division, and will sign with Queen's Park Rangers.
01:33There, he immediately established himself as a key player, and went on to break his playing time records.
01:36he plays a series of matches and will score his first FA Cup goal in 2025.
01:39At the English club, Jonathan became a player with a strong physical impact.
01:42who has a hard-working, relentless mindset,
01:44He is very disciplined tactically and he is a player who still knows how to carry the ball forward.
01:47That said, he is inevitably less precocious than his half-brother, and he doesn't necessarily have the same qualities either.
01:51And at the end of this transfer window, there is a Ligue 2 club that is interested in him, it is S Saint-Etienne.
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