Enige spanske medier: Vinícius forlænger med Real Madrid

Det er ikke uinteressante ting som Mario Cortegana skriver idag i NY Times. Jeg kan lige forsøge at kopiere nogle ting ind om lidt.

​“On Wednesday, several media outlets reported that Vinicius Jr was very close to renewing his Madrid contract until 2030. When contacted by The Athletic, Madrid explained that this was common knowledge and that the two parties have been negotiating for some time.

Yet the player’s entourage strongly deny that a new contract is close. Madrid were not keen to accept the contract proposal suggested by Vinicius Jr a few months ago but his camp say the club are yet to offer a revised one.“

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Åbenbart har folk fra Vinicius’ lejr holdt møde med PIF-folk fra Saudi Arabien i marts 2024. 

“The 24-year-old did not close the door completely on a move to Saudi Arabia, but felt it was not the right time to take that step for a number of reasons. One of the main ones was his wish to win the Ballon d’Or, which was awarded at the end of October. As it turned out, Vinicius Jr was runner-up and the award for best footballer in the world was given to the Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri. At the time of his talks with Saudi, Vinicius Jr had been the favourite to win and had felt that leaving Europe could lose him votes.“

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“A source at Madrid’s training base at Valdebebas, speaking anonymously to protect relationships, says he spoke with Vinicius Jr earlier in the 2024-25 season and the forward gave the impression that the offer from Saudi was very appealing to him. The consensus among those around the players and staff at Madrid is that the offer is “unrejectable”, so they believed there was a good chance he will leave the club.“

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“At the end of January, in the week of Madrid’s Champions League match against Red Bull Salzburg, the club called a meeting to open negotiations over the renewal. It was held at Valdebebas and attended by two of Vinicius Jr’s agents and his father, who owns a percentage of the player’s rights.

Madrid offered Vinicius Jr an annual salary worth somewhere between €15m and €20m, very close to the figure of around €17m that he already receives after the completion of various bonuses, including winning FIFA’s The Best award. It is a similar base salary to that of Mbappe, but the France forward is paid more each year because of the signing bonus he agreed when arriving as a free agent from PSG.”

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“The Athletic reported that Vinicius Jr rejected the proposal. Then Madrid asked him to tell them what he wanted and he passed that on to the club. The forward wants a historic contract that is in the region of the highest ever at the club, which was given to Cristiano Ronaldo. This means a package of around €30m per year, which includes his salary, bonuses and a renewal bonus (something that would be a first for Real Madrid).“

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“Interestingly, multiple sources around the club have told The Athletic that if Vinicius Jr were to leave Madrid, then Perez’s No 1 target to replace him would be the City striker Erling Haaland, even though the Norway international signed a contract in January that runs until 2034. Madrid were one of the clubs interested in signing Haaland from Dortmund before he moved to City in 2022 and Perez remains a big fan of the player.”
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​Tanker umiddelbart: frækt at Vinicius beder om en historisk stor kontrakt ovenpå den sæson han er igang med, som i bedste fald er middelmådig. 

Og så er det jo lidt med livet i Madrid som indsats at begynde at forhandle kontrakt så hårdt med Perez, det er før set at han er fuldstændig kold i de situationer.