Raphael Varane out of Champions League final and Euro 2016

ByEurosport

Updated 24/05/2016 at 20:16 GMT

Real Madrid and France central defender Raphael Varane is out of the Champions League final with Atletico Madrid oin Saturday and will miss his country's Euro 2016 campaign due to a hamstring injury.

Varane has been replaced by Adil Rami of Sevilla in Didier Deschamps' 23-man Euro 2016 squad.

"At the initiative of Didier Deschamps, Raphaël Varane arrived Monday evening for examination by Dr. Franck Le Gall," said the French Football Federation in a statement.

"The clinical examination and MRI last Tuesday morning at the Rambouillet hospital , in every way, confirmed the initial diagnosis of the medical staff of Real Madrid.

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"In front of the unavailability time considered too long against milestones and deadlines of the national team, Didier Deschamps decided not to retain Raphaël Varane for Euro 2016 ."

Raphaël Varane

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"As a result, the coach made ​​the decision to integrate Adil Rami in the list of 23."

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Varane's club and country had feared the worst, and it appears that he will be miss more than three weeks of action which would have made him a major doubt to be fit for France's opening match against Romania at Stade de France on June 10.

"After tests carried out today [Sunday] on Raphael Varane he has been diagnosed with a grade two injury in the left thigh muscle," said Real Madrid in a statement on Sunday.

All the Euro 2016 finalists have until May 31 to name their final 23-man list to UEFA.

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