Why Vinicius Jr has rejected a contract offer worth ‘at least €1 billion’ has been revealed, with it now increasingly clear where the Real Madrid winger’s future will lay.
The Br azilian winger is among world football’s brightest stars and narrowly finished runner-up to Rodri for the 2024 Ballon d’Or. Vinicius Jr is a bona fide Galactico at Real Madrid, though his contract is due to expire in 2027 and his future has come under the microscope.
The Saudi Pro League – desperate to shed their ‘retirement league’ image – had installed Vinicius as a key transfer target.
Aged 24, Vinicius is only now entering the prime of his career and as you might expect, the sums put forward are truly mind-boggling.
According to Cadena SER, Vinicius received a monstrous contract offer worth ‘at least €1 billion spread over five years.’
€200m per year over five years roughly equates to a weekly wage of €3.85m / £3.33m / $4.32m.
The scale of the offer tallies with recent reporting from Fabrizio Romano who touched on Vinicius’ situation when discussing Mohamed Salah.
Romano claimed that while Salah was actually the SPL’s No 1 target, the money Salah was offered was not in the same bracket as the terms put to Vinicius. Age – with Salah already well into his 30s – is perhaps the obvious answer as to why.
In any case, there’s positive news for Real Madrid with Cadena SER stating Vinicius has snubbed the Saudi offer.
Explaining why, it was claimed the contract length – five years – was viewed as too long by the forward.
We has consistently been told Vinicius sees his long-term future at the Bernabeu anyway and would gladly play out the remainder of his career at Real Madrid.
Cadena SER concluded by stating ‘talks to renew’ with Real Madrid are now ‘on the right track.’ Either a two or three-year extension, that would tie Vinicius’ future to Real Madrid until either 2029 or 2030 is expected.