Real Madrid’s management has concluded that Jude Bellingham, Arda Güler, and any other player on the current roster cannot replace Toni Kroos. Therefore, they have decided to pursue a new midfielder, and their current hope rests on Vinicius Junior.
The Brazilian international is closer to leaving Real Madrid than staying with the club, given his disagreements with coach Xabi Alonso and, more recently, with the Merengues’ fans, who have been booing him due to his declining form, exemplified by his failure to score in his last 16 matches across all competitions.
According to Cadena SER, Real Madrid’s management has made renewing Vinicius Junior’s contract a priority, aiming to finalize it before the end of this season. Should the 24-year-old continue to stall, he will be informed that he must leave the club next summer to generate revenue rather than lose him for free in the summer of 2027.
Any club wishing to sign Vinicius, whether from the Saudi league or the top five European leagues, will have to pay at least €100 million to secure the deal. Florentino Perez wants to use these funds immediately to finance the acquisition of a replacement for Toni Kroos, a move that appears highly complex.
Real Madrid considers Paris Saint-Germain’s Portuguese star, Vitinha, the best option to replace Kroos. However, the French club’s management is unlikely to let him go for anything less than a substantial fee, and Perez is prepared to meet that demand, even exceeding €100 million if necessary.
The threads remain very tangled, but what is certain at the moment is that Real Madrid dreams of Vitinha, and that Vinicius Junior is the only way to turn this dream into reality, and no one knows what will happen in the coming months and its consequences.
