In two months, Vinicius Junior He has been the protagonist of two completely opposite angers, but they summarize the climate of tension in which the Brazilian has lived since he stopped being connected to the ball. He got angry in the middle of the field when Xabi Alonso He withdrew him from the classic against Barça on October 26, while the fans watched without speaking and the club’s management frowned at the Basque’s decision. “I’m leaving the club,” he shouted repeatedly in front of the coach.
On Saturday, however, booed by the Bernabéu when he left the duel against Sevilla, he left crestfallen, without gestures or words, and ended up hugging Alonso in the technical area while the noise of whistles overshadowed the public address system. A few minutes later, he posted a photo accompanied by three ellipses and changed his profile photo on social media. He removed the one from Madrid and put one with Brazil.
The difference in the form of anger is curious. From rudeness to Alonso to the closeness with him. From the indifference of the stands to the whistles. From the club’s support to a moment, now, in which the Madrid management does not understand its reaction to the whistles and subscribes to the sovereignty of the Bernabéu. The public, who have been slow to take a liking to the team during this results crisis, exploded against Vinicius and against his teammates for much of the game against Sevilla, causing the team to be booed the most all season.
Y Viniciuschanged by Alonso In the final stretch, he took most of the blame. The Brazilian went from more to less in the duel. He started out active, receiving many times with his back turned, facing his opponent and reaching the rival area, but he was not successful in the last few meters. Still, yes Mbappé Had he scored as he usually does on a couple of occasions, Vinicius would have left with several assists. The ending, however, caught him in focus. He disappeared from the match, both in attack and defense, and the public paid at that moment for the Brazilian’s bad months.
Vinicius He hasn’t scored since October 4, 17 consecutive blank dates, and he has only five goals this season, all in the League. It hasn’t even been released in the Champions League. Yeah Mbappé He finished 2025 with 59 goals, the Brazilian has remained the team’s second top scorer, but with 13. An extraordinarily low figure that is also worrying in Valdebebas’ offices.
The forward scored 17 goals in the 21-22 League, 10 in the 22-23 season and 15 last year. Figures to which he added 11, 10, 6 and 10 assists. In this edition of the league championship he has accumulated five, but only one in the last three months.
He is experiencing, and this is how the statistics summarize it, his worst moment as a Madrid player since the first months of 2021, just before the arrival of Ancelotti. The landing of the Italian in Chamartín changed the Brazilian, with him he exploited all his qualities and ended up scoring in two Champions League finals and ascending to the Ballon d’Or podium. But nothing is the same anymore.
Con Alonso has experienced a roller coaster. He faced him when the Basque decided to rotate him at the beginning of the season, he exploded (on an emotional and non-sporting level) in the classic and has been indisputable for the coach since the famous Athens conspiracy, when Xavi and the footballers talked and put all their problems on the table. From there, the Brazilian has been indisputable, Alonso’s confidence coinciding with the worst version of the attacker in all these months. Erratic and with little effort in pressure, like his teammates, he has been accumulating anger in the stands until the public exploded against Sevilla.
Renovation
The bad sporting moment also coincides with the break in negotiations for his renewal, something that is not helping to reach an agreement. Madrid believes that it will be able to reach an agreement soon, but the surroundings of Vinicius It remains in economic figures that right now do not compensate for sports. His contract ends in July 2027, in just a year and a half, and both parties are now entering key months of talks.
The forward renewed his contract in 2022 and counting the different bonuses he fulfilled, including winning the Champions League, it stood at more than 15 million net per year. Madrid offered him around 20 to renew the current contract, but the Brazilian’s agents have asked for a figure close to 30, something that the white team does not plan to match. And even less with its current level.