Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior is reportedly facing crucial hours ahead as he discusses a new contract with the club, according to Fabrizio Romano.
The Vini Jr transfer saga has been going on for almost two weeks now, and as far as we’re aware, this is the first time that Romano has acknowledged it.
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The Italian journalist has still not mentioned Arsenal’s apparent interest in Vinicius, however, so it remains to be seen how concrete that link really is.
Romano is one of the most reliable journalists out there, though so is the Athletic’s David Ornstein, and he broke the Vinicius story first.
Fabrizio Romano on Vinicius Junior’s Real Madrid contract talks
Romano, speaking on his YouTube channel, has acknowledged that Vinicius and Real will be meeting to discuss his contract situation.
“I believe a lot of Real Madrid fans want to know what’s happening with Vinicius Junior, because he went back to train with Real Madrid, but there are still many rumours about his future,” Romano said.
“For Real Madrid, these are going to be important hours … They (Vinicius’ agents) arrived in Madrid yesterday to have conversations with Real Madrid to welcome Yan Diomande in the next days, but also to have these negotiations with Real Madrid for Vinicius Junior. So there will be a new important round of talks between Vinicius Junior, his agents, and Real Madrid over the contract situation.
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“The agreement was not reached in the last two three meetings they had with counter proposals on one side and the other. So still points to discuss. One more meeting is going to take place and it’s going to be important in the next hours to understand more on the future of Vinicius Junior.
“Remember that Vinicius has one year left on his contract and so obviously it’s going to be an important situation that Real Madrid as I always said even before the before the World Cup or during the World Cup the Vinicius Junior situation…
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