He believes he deserves the Ballon d’Or award, he believes he should be Real Madrid’s highest paid player. Vinicius Jr. has the super ego, mentality and performance to score Real Madrid titles, but in the past year he has faced his first, big “speed bumps”. Xabi Alonso was done as Real coach in January, a few months later the Brazilian went out and said he could not possibly work with the Spaniard as a coach. Because Alonso had put new demands on the ball artist, demands that also meant the bench, if the effort for the team was not up to scratch. Now Alonso is history, and Vinicius Jr. seems to have learned something from this journey.
For the past year+, the 25-year-old has been heavily linked with exiting Real Madrid and entering as the new front figure for the “Ronaldo league” outside the UEFA region. Here, astronomical salary payments awaited. The Real Madrid management had themselves held back in negotiations for an extension with a salary increase, Vinicius Jr. is said to have demanded to be the club’s highest paid (read: Pass Kylian Mbappé).
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According to Sky Sports, the Real management and Vinicius Jr. now finally have a common perception of reality, where a new deal is more or less in place. The first parts of the deal will be a reality, where Kylian Mbappé will continue to be the highest-paid player at the club.
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Then Real supporters can look forward to a continuation with the ball artist, who has given the club 124 goals and 100 assists in 370 games – and plenty of great football experiences.
