Vinicius Jr. Criticized For ‘Not Representing Real Madrid Values'
Real Madrid and Brazil winger Vinicius Jr. has been criticized for not representing his club's "values" on Spanish radio.
The Ballon d'Or runner up is under fire for a poor 2024/2025 season which Los Blancos finished without major silverware, and his sub-par performances at the Club World Cup this summer where Paris Saint-Germain knocked them out via a 4-0 thrashing administered in the semifinals.
A lack of chemistry and running back to help defend saw both Vinicius and Kylian Mbappe criticized, and often seems like the pair are unable to function together successfully when it comes to facing elite opposition.
Once more, there are rumors swirling that Saudi Arabia is planning to make him the most expensive player of all time, with a €350 million offer capable of smashing the world transfer record PSG set when paying €222 million to get Neymar out of his FC Barcelona contract in 2017.
In Spain, calls are beginning to grow for Real Madrid president Florentino Perez to perhaps take the money and run, and they seemed to be entertained on Radioestadio Noche on Monday evening.
Fernando Burgos wondered why Madrid seemed to have an agreement in place for Vinicius to extend, which now seems to have fallen by the wayside.
"Why does it change now? Is there a logical explanation?," Burgos asked.
'It is very legitimate that Vinicius wants to be a free agent as Mbappé was; but Vinicius can never be Mbappe, neither on nor off the pitch,' he added.
Miguel Serrano tipped Vinicius to 'be a very important player, but not the franchise player of the project'.
Vinicius 'does not represent the values of Real Madrid'
Burgos predicted that if Vinicius doesn't assume such billing 'he will leave'. In his most scathing attack on the forward, however, it was said that 'Vinicius does not represent the values of Real Madrid'.
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