{"id":14914,"date":"2026-05-01T00:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/14914\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T00:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:15:20","slug":"real-madrid-mbappe-or-vinicius-jr-sale-increasingly-likely-in-real-problem-like-messi-griezmann-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/14914\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid: Mbappe or Vinicius Jr sale increasingly likely in &#8216;real problem&#8217; like Messi-Griezmann failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid duo Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior are increasingly unlikely to be able to coexist at the Bernabeu, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Los Blancos have had a turbulent season with Xabi Alonso sacked in January after rumours of dressing room unrest of tactics and team selection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/real-madrid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Madrid<\/a> immediately appointed Alvaro Arbeloa as his successor but it was not made clear whether the Spaniard would be an interim boss until the end of the season or the permanent head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Things haven\u2019t got any better under Arbeloa with Real Madrid exiting the Champions League to Bayern Munich earlier this month, while they trail arch-rivals Barcelona by 11 points in the La Liga title race.<\/p>\n<p>It is now certain that Real Madrid will bring in a new head coach in the summer with Arbeloa failing his audition to take over on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous names have been linked with an arrival, including former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and current Benfica head coach Jose Mourinho, but <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chosun.com\/english\/sports-en\/2026\/04\/30\/MHCC25AMQVCV5BIOSTC7S5F5IY\/\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN (via The Chosun) claims that<\/a> the \u2018real problem at Real Madrid might not be the manager\u2019s name\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/feature-six-disasters-avoid-summer-carrick-arteta-mourinho\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carrick, Arteta and Mourinho among six disasters to avoid this summer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is understood that \u2018within Real Madrid, there are opinions that Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior are difficult to coexist. However, President Florentino Perez believes that even with both players, he can build a championship team.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Perez has always done his best to attract the best players in world football to Real Madrid, going back to the early 2000s when he brought in Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, and David Beckham.<\/p>\n<p>However, that Galactico model hasn\u2019t always worked for the Real Madrid president and now the question is being asked at the Bernabeu: \u2018Is the current model still valid?\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-one-foot-final-two-feet-crest-ben-white-simeone-mediawatch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atletico v Arsenal fall-out continues with Ben White evil and feet counted<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report continues: \u2018There are no shortage of opinions within the club that Mbapp\u00e9 and Vin\u00edcius are not a good fit. Both players prefer movements that start from the left and cut inside toward the center. While their individual abilities are undeniable, when they play together, they are criticized for dividing the space rather than enhancing each other\u2019s strengths.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The report in ESPN goes on to state: \u2018From President P\u00e9rez\u2019s perspective, both players are world-class. One is a French superstar with explosive speed and decisive finishing, while the other is the Brazilian ace who has led Real\u2019s attack for years. Therefore, for President P\u00e9rez, giving up on this combination is close to denying his own philosophy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid will urgently be looking to find a solution so that the Mbappe and Vinicius Junior conundrum doesn\u2019t turn into \u2018Barcelona\u2019s Griezmann-Messi failure\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-iraola-strongest-candidate-carrick-blow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd pick Andoni Iraola as \u2018strongest candidate\u2019 in huge Michael Carrick blow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid duo Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior are increasingly unlikely to be able to coexist at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2758,557,82,273,83,1743,2420],"class_list":{"0":"post-14914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-home-page","9":"tag-kylian-mbappe","10":"tag-madrid","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-real-madrid","13":"tag-soccer","14":"tag-vinicius-junior"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}