Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 2:05 PM• Jeroen van Poppel

Real Madrid have no doubts about Vinicius Junior’s future. The 21-year-old Brazilian has started the season well and has all the confidence of trainer Carlo Ancelotti and president Florentino Pérez. To seal that, Real Madrid wants to quickly meet with Vinicius to discuss a new contract, it knows marca.

In the summer of 2018, Vinicius came to Real Madrid on his eighteenth birthday with great expectations. The Royal paid no less than 45 million euros for the young wing striker, who was known as one of the greatest talents from Brazil. Vinicius has already played 122 official games (18 goals and 24 assists) for Real, but his performance was criticized in Spain until this summer. However, when Ancelotti started work in Madrid on July 1, he immediately expressed his confidence in Vinicius.

Behind Eden Hazard, Vinicius started this season as a bench seat, but after two great substitutions in the first two rounds, in which he scored three goals, Ancelotti could no longer ignore the South American. Vinicius has already scored four goals after four competition matches, of which two short substitutes, and seems to be on his way to his final breakthrough in Madrid.

Vinícius therefore has the full support of Pérez, who fought hard for his arrival to Spain three years ago. The Real Madrid president appreciates Vinicius’ attitude and commitment, who has never asked for a salary increase in his difficult early years. marca knows that the attacker is now the fourth worst paid player from Real’s A-selection. Pérez wants to quickly come to the table to reward Vinicius for his development, despite the fact that his contract until mid-2024 is not an immediate necessity for this.


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