Vinicius Jr commits to Real Madrid as Saudi interest fades amid contract stalemate

<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"the-post">&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- &period;entry-header-outer &sol;--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"featured-area">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"featured-area-inner">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"single-featured-image"><img width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;toptechblitz&period;com&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;04&sol;Vinicius-Real-Madrid&period;webp&period;webp" class&equals;"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image" alt&equals;"Vinicius Jr commits to Real Madrid as Saudi interest fades amid contract stalemate" data-main-img&equals;"1" decoding&equals;"async" fetchpriority&equals;"high" &sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content entry clearfix">&NewLine;<p><a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gistreel&period;com&sol;tag&sol;vinicius-junior"><strong><u><b>Vinicius Junior<&sol;b><&sol;u><&sol;strong><&sol;a> has decided to remain at <strong>Real Madrid<&sol;strong> despite earlier interest from the <a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gistreel&period;com&sol;tag&sol;saudi-pro-league"><strong><u><b>Saudi Pro League<&sol;b><&sol;u><&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Contract negotiations between the Brazilian forward and the Spanish giants remain ongoing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to ESPN&comma; Saudi officials who first met with Vinicius in 2023 regarding a potential mega-deal worth up to €1 billion &lpar;£840m&rpar; have since cooled their pursuit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The last approach reportedly came in December 2024&comma; with no further engagement since then&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The SPL’s former vice chairman&comma; Saad Al Lazeez&comma; who was the primary liaison&comma; has also stepped down&comma; reducing the possibility of the move&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Real Madrid opened contract talks in February&comma; offering Vinicius a renewal package on par with his current net salary of €17 million &lpar;£14m&sol;&dollar;18&period;6m&rpar; annually&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the player’s representatives countered with significantly higher demands&period; The club has yet to formally respond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the contractual impasse&comma; Vinicius appears committed to the Bernabéu project&comma; with two years still remaining on his existing deal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 23-year-old remains central to Carlo Ancelotti’s plans as Madrid prepare to face Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- CONTENT END 1 --><&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- &period;entry-content &sol;--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&Tab;&Tab;<&excl;-- &period;toggle-post-content --><&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gistreel&period;com&sol;vinicius-jr-commits-to-real-madrid-as-saudi-interest-fades-amid-contract-stalemate&sol;" previewlistener&equals;"true">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;