This Friday, English consultant Jamie Carragher tackled Vinicius JR for his performances in 2023.
Became a major player in real Madrid over the last two seasons, Vinicius Junior is now one of the best players in the world. Despite this, he is not yet unanimous among football observers, with some criticizing his attitude on the pitch and others his performances.
Carragher doesn’t mince his words
Accustomed to shocking statements, Jamie Carragher did not hesitate to tackle the Brazilian international when predicting the team of the year by EA Sport on the channel Skysports. If two of the three offensive positions will logically go to Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland, the third remains to be filled, and Vinicius seems to be in competition with Lionel Messi for this one. For the former Liverpool player, the Argentinian deserves to be there. “He won the Ballon d’Or, he is the best. He won the World Cup with Argentina, he scored incredible goals”he said about the former Parisian.
But for his colleague Gary Neville, it is Vinicius who deserves to be there if we only take into account the performances of the year 2023. Here again, Carragher did not hesitate to use strong words at the against the player from Real Madrid but also from La Liga. “Vinicius?” What he did was at Real Madrid, playing in a joke league. What did Real Madrid win? They didn’t even win La Liga! »he added before finally agreeing with Neville to give the Brazilian a place in this eleven.
