The Portuguese, who left the Santiago Bernabeu for Stamford Bridge last summer, made the French youngster a regular in his starting XI last term.
Varane earned widespread praise for his composed defensive performances and Mourinho has nothing but good memories of the centre-back.
Indeed, after being asked who were the young players to watch at the World Cup after being unveiled as Yahoo's global ambassador for football 2014, the Blues boss stated: "I would say [Eden] Hazard for sure, Neymar and Varane.
"I think Varane is the best central defender in the world. He is still young, but I think he's the best. Already, yes. I think he's the best defender."
Varane has made just six La Liga appearances so far this term as a knee injury kept him sidelined for the majority of the first half of the season but is expected to be named in France's squad for Brazil 2014.
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