The current period is not the most serene for Vinicius Junior. While Real Madrid has put on a good part of the Liga clubs by launching a communication campaign against arbitration in recent days, the Brazilian is also in turmoil. His attitude in the field annoys more than one, especially within the Madrid locker room. The images of his altercation with Luka Modric on Wednesday in the King Cup, despite the victory against Leganés (2-3), were a new illustration. And if Vinicius is a little worse, some believe that it is partly due to a certain Kylian Mbappé.
The arrival, and especially the rise of the New Star of Real Madrid, would have had a direct impact on the yield of Vinicius Junior. This is at least the opinion that Eric Di Meco issued on Friday on the antenna of RMC. “We suspected that cohabitation would be complicated, if only sporty. (…) There, you put two roosters in the same chicken coop. (…) We first wondered if Mbappé was going to be able to adapt to this team, and when we remember the start of the season, we said to ourselves: Ouch, there will be a problem, it will be the weak link '. But we forgot that Mbappé, mentally and sportingly he is monstrous. Due to his performances and attitudes, he is cracking Vinicius. »»
Vinicius refuses an extension offer
The Brazilian left winger would therefore be undergoing directly the rise of his Madrid teammate. Less inclined to come back to defend as he was still doing it last year, Vinicius Junior therefore does not go a good cotton, according to the consultant and former OM. The fact remains that the situation must still be put into perspective since despite the criticisms, the player remains an essential link in Real Madrid. His statistics are far from infamous this season, he who is at sixteen goals and ten assists in twenty-eight games, all competitions combined.
The fact remains that there is a subject that Carlo Ancelotti will have to try to settle for the good of the group. Note also that in parallel, the management of Real is in discussion with Vinicius in an attempt to extend it, him whose current contract runs until June 2027. International Auriverde would have refused a Madrid offer. Nothing definitive, but again uncertainty is there.
