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Eager to get his hands on Kylian Mbappé, Florentino Pérez dreamed of associating the French international of PSG with Karim Benzema and especially Vinicius Jr, who is coming out of a big season in the jersey of Real Madrid at only 21 years old. The Brazilian striker managed to silence the critics thanks to his performances, which did not escape the Parisian leaders, sharing the same idea as their merengue counterparts.
Arrived at Real Madrid from summer 2018, Vinicius Jr has just completed its fourth season with the Meringue, the most accomplished. After being singled out for his irregularity on the pitch, going so far as to annoy Karim Benzema in person in a streak that made noise in October 2020, the 21-year-old striker silenced the critics by establishing himself as an indisputable starter under the orders of Carlo Ancelottiwith 22 goals scored and 20 assists delivered in 52 games played in all competitions. Vinicius Jr. is launched, and nothing seems to be able to stop it now, to the delight of Florentine Perezwhich had spent €45 million four years ago to recover the nugget of Flamengo. A success that has not escaped the PSGone of the teams most attentive to the situation of Vinicius Jr. these last years. The profile of the native of São Gonçalo is highly appreciated in the French capital, his name having notably been mentioned in discussions between the two clubs when Neymar wanted a change of scenery in the summer of 2019 as revealed to you exclusively by le10sport.com, and the PSG would have done the same with Kylian Mbappe according to the Spanish press when he wanted to join the Real Madrid in 2021, but Florentine Perez never opened the door to a departure from his attacker, to the chagrin of the PSG.
The forcing of PSG
In Paris, the file Vinicius Jr. has never been closed as announced this Sunday brand. the PSG would have carried out continuous pressing since last November to convince the 21-year-old player not to renew his lease ending in June 2024, and thus recruit him free. To do this, the Parisian management would have offered an annual salary of 40 M€ net to the international Auriverde, i.e. twelve times more than his current emoluments and four times more than the proposal of the Real Madrid to extend, in addition to a significant signing bonus and a number of business opportunities in Qatar. Despite his efforts, the PSG failed to change his mind Vinicius Jr., enough to end the contacts in March of this year. The former player Flamengo consider it Real Madrid as the pinnacle and has always told his agents that he wanted to continue his career at the Santiago Bernabéu, while other leaders have been on the lookout lately, like liverpool, chelsea and Manchester United. ” I’m happy here and I’m about to renew my contract. It’s the best club in the world and I don’t want to leave, I want to stay here as long as possible. I want to be like Marcelo, Benzema or Modric, like those players who have been here for so long and who have made history. I’m from Madrid and I’m happy here “, indicated the attacker in May at the microphone of the SER padlockwhen asked about the interest of Nasser Al-Khelaifi from his view.
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Vinicius Jr’s extension is inevitable
The extension of Vinicius Jr. is now inevitable. According to information disclosed by goal this week, an agreement is reached at 95% between the two parties. A relief for Florentine Perezalthough the Madrid president will not obtain complete satisfaction since number 20 of the Real Madrid will not renew its lease until 2028 as hoped. A trend confirmed by brand this Sunday, explaining that the new contract of Wine should run until 2026 or 2027, with a clause of one billion and several bonuses for the main interested party, enough to repel all the leaders who would think of positioning themselves in the coming years, including the Paris Saint Germain. ” We have no concerns regarding Vinicius’ contract extension. We are there, no problem. He received other offers but he always said he wanted to stay at Real », declared Perez this week in the Chiringuitos.