The soap is long. Real Madrid thought it had completed the future of Vinicius, but the Brazilian surprised Madrid management by breaking a verbal agreement around its extension, reveals El Debate. The club offered him a new five -year contract with performance premiums, and a salary that would have made it the second best paid player in the workforce. But the 25 -year -old winger hardened the tone by claiming 20 million euros net per year, a total of 100 million over five years, in order to align with the remuneration of Kylian Mbappé, his teammate.
This clearly aims to assert his status as a number one player within the team, as justified by his agent with the Spanish media. According to him, Vinicius is “World number one for three years” And can take advantage of two champions leagues under the colors of Real Madrid. But within the club, this requirement goes badly: management does not wish to upset its salary balance and refuses any “Rupture of scale”especially since the last season of the Brazilian has been considered the least convincing since his arrival in 2018.
This position is perceived as an unwelcome pressure stroke in the offices of Valdebebas. By asking for an equivalent treatment in Mbappé, author of 44 goals for his first season at the club, Vinicius sets himself in direct confrontation with the internal policy of Real Madrid. The club believes that the current performance gap between the two players does not justify such a salary parity.
Stand-by talks
Internally, the Madrid management delayed, preferring to wait for a possible rise in the player before reopening the discussions in 2026, one year from the end of his contract. For his part, Vinicius saw his rating falling with supporters, between disappointing performance and outings deemed provocative on social networks.
At a key moment in his career, Vinicius is therefore faced with a structuring choice: maintaining the pressure to obtain an immediate revaluation or responding on the field to the expectations of the club and supporters. For the time being, Real does not seem ready to give in, preferring to bet on a return to its best level before any discussion. The duel is launched.
