{"id":242520,"date":"2025-11-04T02:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/242520\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T02:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:56:15","slug":"vinicius-junior-holding-showdown-talks-amid-man-city-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/242520\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinicius Junior holding showdown talks amid Man City interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pep<\/p>\n

(Credit: Hasan Karim, Breaking Media, Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\"Pete <\/p>\n

Mon 3 November 2025 21:00, UK <\/p>\n

Real Madrid superstar Vinicius Junior has been subject to speculation recently as tensions continue to grow with his manager Xabi Alonso.<\/p>\n

During\u00a0Real Madrid<\/a>\u2018s 2-1 win against\u00a0Barcelona<\/a>, the winger ranted: \u201cI\u2019m going to leave this team\u201d, as he was left fuming with the manager\u2019s decision to withdraw him.<\/p>\n

So far this season, the 26-year-old has failed to complete 90 minutes in 11 of his 14 appearances across all competitions, leading to growing frustrations.<\/p>\n

Reports have claimed he no longer feels untouchable at the Bernabeu and could look to push for a move to a club where he feels more valued as a starting XI regular.<\/p>\n

As a result,\u00a0Real Madrid have been preparing to lose Vinicius Junior<\/a>, and Man City are one of the few clubs who have the spending power to attract the Brazilian.<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Getty ImagesMan City dealt blow in Vinicius Junior interest<\/p>\n

Football Insider revealed on 2 November that Premier League clubs are keeping tabs on Vinicius Junior<\/a>, including Man City, in case he becomes available.<\/p>\n

However, as I revealed on the latest edition of Football Insider\u2019s Inside Track podcast<\/a>, Real Madrid are not open to the idea of losing their star man any time soon and remain hopeful any tension between him and Alonso will soon be diffused.<\/p>\n

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Los Blancos are in ongoing negotiations over a new contract for the Brazil international and remain hopeful that he will put pen to paper despite speculation.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Inside Track podcast, I explained: \u201cIt does seem there is a few tensions between him and Xabi Alonso right now at Real Madrid. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs you said, he got that outburst in the El Cl\u00e1sico game last weekend, but he\u2019s obviously come out since and apologised for that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a chance that Real Madrid, Xabi Alonso and Vinicius Junior can resolve any tensions and issues they have in Madrid because he is still a key player for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s maybe not as untouchable as he was under Carlo Ancelotti, now you\u2019ve got Kylian Mbappe who seems to be the spearhead of the Real Madrid attack.<\/p>\n

\"XabiCredit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s still a top player, proven at the top level and he\u2019s a serial winner in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

\u201cTalks are ongoing over a new contract, they will continue and Real will be hopeful that as I said they can ease all these tensions off the pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think their number one priority will be to keep Vini Jr.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since his El Classico outburst, the winger started and was again withdrawn during Real Madrid\u2019s 4-0 win against Valencia, leading to further questions over his place.<\/p>\n

Man City face competition in Vinicius Junior pursuit<\/p>\n

Due to the growing possibility that Vinicius Junior could soon be allowed to leave Real Madrid, Man City are far from the only interested club.<\/p>\n

The likes of Liverpool<\/a> and Man United<\/a> have been linked with moves to bring him to England, while Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> have recently joined the race as top contenders.<\/p>\n

However, Saudi Pro League<\/a> outfits have long been working to bring the Brazil star to the Middle East as their latest superstar signing given the wages available.<\/p>\n

\"PepCredit: Imago<\/p>\n

The Brazil winger is believed to be earning around \u00a3350,000 per week in Madrid, while his contract is set to run until 2027, meaning any deal would cost a huge fee.<\/p>\n

While Saudi Pro League clubs would be able to finance such a move, there is a growing feeling that Premier League clubs could miss out due to spending restrictions.<\/p>\n

For more Man City and exclusive news, follow us on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or join our brand new\u00a0WhatsApp Channel<\/a>\u00a0for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Hasan Karim, Breaking Media, Getty Images) Mon 3 November 2025 21:00, UK Real Madrid superstar Vinicius Junior…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,399,1705,101,56,54,55,53893],"class_list":["post-242520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-manchester-city","tag-real-madrid","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-vinicius-junior"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}