{"id":492489,"date":"2025-04-24T14:37:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=492489"},"modified":"2025-04-24T14:37:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:37:50","slug":"vinicius-jr-contract-uncertainty-grows-amid-cristiano-ronaldo-level-demands","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/vinicius-jr-contract-uncertainty-grows-amid-cristiano-ronaldo-level-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinicius Jr. contract uncertainty grows amid Cristiano Ronaldo-level demands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports of an imminent contract extension for Vinicius Jr. at Real Madrid have been strongly denied by the player\u2019s camp, casting doubt over his long-term future with the Spanish giants. Despite multiple Spanish outlets suggesting that a deal keeping the Brazilian star at the Bernab\u00e9u until 2030 was close, sources close to the player have firmly pushed back, claiming no agreement is near.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Athletic, although Real Madrid have maintained that talks have been ongoing for several months, Vinicius Jr.\u2019s representatives have disputed the timeline and nature of the negotiations. They state that the club has not submitted a fresh proposal since rejecting the player\u2019s initial counteroffer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Real Madrid believe Vinicius Junior&#8217;s contract renewal is at an advanced stage.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the player&#8217;s camp \u2014 who are pushing for a package worth \u20ac30m a year \u2014 have strongly denied a deal is close. His current contract expires in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The interest from Saudi Arabia has gone quiet\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hOPGtyRqRL\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/hOPGtyRqRL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic | Football (@TheAthleticFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticFC\/status\/1915349592352161953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The first official discussions reportedly took place in late January at Madrid\u2019s Valdebebas training ground, coinciding with the club\u2019s Champions League preparations against Red Bull Salzburg. Present at the meeting were two of Vinicius\u2019 agents and his father. Madrid offered a base annual salary between \u20ac15 million and \u20ac20 million\u2014figures that align with Vinicius\u2019 current earnings once bonuses are included.<\/p>\n<p>While this salary level would place Vinicius among the club\u2019s top earners and on par with Kylian Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s fixed wage, the Brazilian forward is reportedly seeking a significantly larger financial package. Sources indicate he is aiming for a \u201cCristiano Ronaldo-type\u201d deal\u2014an agreement worth around \u20ac30 million per year, including performance-based bonuses and a substantial renewal signing bonus.<\/p>\n<p>Such demands represent a significant departure from Real Madrid\u2019s typical wage structure and would place Vinicius among the highest-paid players in the club\u2019s history. The club has yet to respond formally to the counterproposal.<\/p>\n<p>Should contract talks ultimately collapse, Madrid president Florentino P\u00e9rez is believed to have a contingency plan. P\u00e9rez reportedly views Manchester City striker Erling Haaland as the ideal successor to Vinicius. Haaland, who had been a Madrid target before moving to City in 2022, recently extended his contract with the Premier League champions until 2034. Acquiring him would be both financially and logistically complex, but Madrid remain admirers of the Norwegian\u2019s long-term potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports of an imminent contract extension for Vinicius Jr. at Real Madrid have been strongly denied by the player\u2019s camp, casting doubt over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":486298,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16904,17375,21159],"news_category":[137,14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[17961,21160,327],"acf":{"announce":"The Brazilian is far from reaching an agreement with Los Blancos as his requests for new deal are huge","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492490,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492489\/revisions\/492490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492489"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=492489"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=492489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}