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Vinicius Junior. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\nSky Sports and The Athletic are reporting that Arsenal are exploring how they can lure Real Madrid superstar Vinicius Junior to the Premier League.<\/p>\n
The reigning champions want to make one blockbuster signing, but after Julian Alvarez, Yan Diomande and Bradley Barcola have all been linked, the talk about the Brazilian star is another level.\u00a0Diomande is another player in high demand, with Liverpool interested, and links with PSG, Manchester City as well as Arsenal. Real Madrid have reportedly bid \u00a385m\u00a0for the RB Leipzig winger.<\/p>\n
Sky report \u201cno club-to-club contact\u201d has been made between Arsenal and Madrid but \u201cthe interest is real\u201d, while The Athletic suggest the club are monitoring if the 26-year-old will extend his contract in Madrid, which has not been happened so far, and \u201c\u00a0the idea has approval at all levels within Arsenal\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For Madrid, who have not made any strides reportedly in Vinicius\u2019 extension after eight seasons in the Spanish capital, they need to be very wary of losing the talisman for free at the end of his contract and so if talks hit an impasse, Sky report that \u201cthe club could look to selling, rather than losing him for free\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vinicius Junior. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Arsenal are eyeing another key player down the left in attack; not just because of Leandro Trossad\u2019s exit but murmurs that they\u2019d be open to Gabriel Martinelli moving on. Christis Tzolis has arrived from Club Brugge as their first attacking reinforcement.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Jose Mourinho\u2019s arrival at the Bernabeu means there are a lot of unknowns. It has been reported that the pair have patched up their differences after Vinicius was abused by Benfica midfielder Gianluca Prestianni last season, where Mourinho was coaching the Portuguese club. \u00a0<\/p>\n According to Sky, the LaLiga contract discussion is currently stuck at wage demands, with the star reportedly wanting 30m Euros a year net. He is currently on half that, Sky report, with Madrid currently negotiating at 20m.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s well known Arsenal are aiming to strengthen their left-wing options this summer \u2013 but a deal for Brazil ace Vinicius Junior would be a jaw-dropping addition,\u201d said Sky Sports reporter Peter Smith.\u00a0<\/p>\n Vinicius Jr has been at the club since 2018, joining from Flamengo, and scored 22 goals last term where Madrid went without a trophy.\u00a0<\/p>\n Watching your favourite European football has never been easier. For over 15 years, thousands of Australians have trusted Champions Travel for official tickets. As official ticketing agents of 10 Premier League clubs, plus European giants like FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich and AC Milan, they make getting to the game simple. Premier League tickets for the 2026\/27 season are now on sale at\u00a0www.champions-travel.com.<\/a>\u00a0Use the code Football360AUG to get $20 off today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sky Sports and The Athletic are reporting that Arsenal are exploring how they can lure Real Madrid superstar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[366,82,83,7316,24586],"class_list":["post-61014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-arsenal","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid","tag-transfer-window","tag-vinicus-junior"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61014","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=61014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}