{"id":261004,"date":"2025-09-28T10:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T10:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/261004\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T10:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T10:04:13","slug":"real-madrid-transfer-news-vinicius-junior-decision-reached-by-florentino-perez-amid-stalled-contract-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/261004\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid transfer news: Vinicius Junior &#8216;decision&#8217; reached by Florentino Perez amid &#8216;stalled&#8217; contract negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid president Florentino Perez reportedly comes to a decision regarding the future of winger Vinicius Junior amid criticism of his defensive contributions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/real-madrid\/\" title=\"More Real Madrid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Real Madrid<\/strong><\/a> president\u00a0Florentino Perez has reportedly decided to sell\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/vinicius-junior\/\" title=\"More Vinicius Junior\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Vinicius Junior<\/strong><\/a> after stalled contract talks with the winger.<\/p>\n<p>Los Blancos suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday, losing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/real-madrid\/madrid-derby\/result\/seven-goal-thriller-alvarez-hits-brace-as-atletico-stun-real-madrid-in-the-derby_582444.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5-2 against rivals Atletico Madrid<\/a><\/strong>, a game in which\u00a0Vinicius Junior started on the left of attack.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian provided an assist, but he was criticised for his defensive work, a consistent pattern during his time in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>With his contract set to expire in the summer of 2027, and rumours of a rift with boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/xabi-alonso\/\" title=\"More Xabi Alonso\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Xabi Alonso<\/strong><\/a>, there have been suggestions that he could seek a move away from the club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fichajes.net\/noticias\/real-madrid-cansa-vinicius-jr-20250927.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fichajes<\/a> report that as Real are unwilling to give Vinicius Junior a higher salary, as well as the fact they hold concerns about his attitude, a decision has been made to sell him at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"imgI\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Real Madrid president Florentino Perez during a speech\" class=\"vanilla-lazyload article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2025\/08\/florentino-perez-688c957fe992e.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Should Real Madrid sell\u00a0Vinicius Junior next summer transfer window?<\/p>\n<p>Vinicius Junior has been key to many of Real&#8217;s best moments since he joined the club in the 2018-19 campaign, with the forward scoring the winning goal in the 2022 Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has found it difficult to settle into the same XI as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/kylian-mbappe\/\" title=\"More Kylian Mbappe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Kylian Mbappe<\/strong><\/a>, who also prefers occupying areas on the left side of attack.<\/p>\n<p>Though Mbappe has been used as a striker in Spain, he still drifts into wide zones, and he has not yet been able to form a fluid relationship with\u00a0Vinicius Junior.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian&#8217;s limited defensive contributions have also proved problematic given Mbappe is not the strongest without the ball either, and Alonso&#8217;s side have so far not been able to compensate for both players&#8217; lack of work-rate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"imgI\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid during his side's match against Levante, on September 23, 2025\" class=\"vanilla-lazyload article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vinicius-junior-9-68d30f54155d.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There are few clubs in Europe able to afford the price that Real would demand, and fewer that would be willing to match or exceed the winger&#8217;s reported salary of\u00a0\u00a3360,000-per-week.<\/p>\n<p>Paris Saint-Germain have been known to spend large sums on forwards, and they would be able to afford Vinicius Junior&#8217;s demands.<\/p>\n<p>However, PSG have assembled a side that work relentlessly out of possession, and the Brazilian would have to improve his defensive output if he was to join the French club.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City are one of the other clubs tentatively linked with\u00a0Vinicius Junior, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/pep-guardiola\/\" title=\"More Pep Guardiola\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Pep Guardiola<\/strong><\/a> signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/omar-marmoush\/\" title=\"More Omar Marmoush\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Omar Marmoush<\/strong><\/a>, who is seen as an option out wide.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most likely destination for the forward is the Saudi Pro League, especially as clubs in the division have been reportedly keeping an eye on developments at Los Blancos.<\/p>\n<p>ID:582461:1false2false3false: from db desktop :LenBod:collect4593: <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/24\/25\/lewis-nolan-cat-picture.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid president Florentino Perez reportedly comes to a decision regarding the future of winger Vinicius Junior amid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":261005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[3778,3779,1318,1461,1430,216,1232,3777,220,10214,3776,221,1926,62,3781,3780,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-261004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-epl","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-golf","13":"tag-manchester-city","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-olympics","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-real-madrid","18":"tag-rugby","19":"tag-soccer","20":"tag-sport","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-sports-mole","23":"tag-teams","24":"tag-tennis","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115281361489686478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}