Since coming to Real Madrid from Flamengo in 2018, the Brazilian has been a big surprise.

The 24-year-old has scored 10 or more goals in each of the last three seasons and has done so in 238 games for the club.

Madrid thought that Vinicius was “untransferable,” but they still wanted to sign Kylian Mbappe.

The French player would play on the left wing instead of Vinicius. He will probably sign for free at the end of the season, but at the Bernabeu, he would be the highest-paid player in the world.

Mbappe could be making more than £600,000 a week, and even though Madrid would save money on a transfer fee, it would still cost them about £30 million a year to keep the French player.

At least £150 million would have to be spent throughout Mbappe’s deal.

Those are crazy numbers, and they’re so outrageous that Sport says Madrid might sell Vinicius to pay for Mbappe’s arrival.

United is said to be ready to pay £130 million for the Brazilian, so that could be good news for them.

The question of whether Vinicius would be happy to move to Old Trafford without the chance to play in the Champions League is still open.

United is eight points behind Arsenal in fourth place, and Arsenal has a game in hand over United.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe hopes to have full control of football operations by the beginning of February. To run the business, the club will hire a new CEO, a sporting director, and a head of recruiting.