The Reds clinched the signing of the France World Cup winner at the weekend and he was memorably unveiled on the Old Trafford pitch prior to the Leeds win.
Raphael trained with his team-mates for the first time on Monday, 10 years on from when Sir Alex Ferguson tried to sign him as a youngster from Lens.
His performances in the intervening decade for Real Madrid have marked him out as one of the world’s best defenders, but Solskjaer has always seen him as being suited to the club.
And the classy behaviour shown by Varane off the pitch, including in his first seven days at the club, is a key part of that.