Saudi Arabian clubs must pay €2 BILLION to sign Vinicius Jr

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 3 Dec 2024 08:16 GMT
• 4 min read

Real Madrid have made it clear that they will only sell Vinicius Jr if a club pays his €1 billion release clause, a figure that means it would cost Saudi clubs €2bn in total to sign the superstar.

According to Marca, Madrid have no intention of letting Vini Jr leave unless they are forced to.

There have been reports in recent weeks that Madrid may be prepared to sell the Brazilian due to their difficulties in getting him and Kylian Mbappe to co-exist in the same team.

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There have also been questions over whether Vini Jr is prepared to extend his contract that expires in 2027.

But Marca is adamant that Madrid will not sell for less than an extortionate sum of €1bn, which is his minimum fee release clause.

It has been reported elsewhere that Vinicius Jr has a world record offer on the table from Saudi Arabia and that Man Utd could also rival it.

Relevo report that the Real Madrid superstar also has a €1 BILLION contract offer from Saudi Arabia.

This would see the Brazilian earn €200m per year over five seasons.

The offer is 20 times higher than what he currently earns at Real Madrid.

The plan is to make Vinicius Jr the face of the Saudi Pro League, and for him to also be a key ambassador for their hosting of the 2034 World Cup.

So were Vini Jr to move to Saudi Arabia, it would cost his next club €2bn between transfer fee and wages.

Relevo reports that Vini is strongly considering the contract offer, having first been presented with the contract during the summer.

Relevo adds, though, that Man Utd are considering rivalling the offer.

United would not be prepared to offer Vinicius Jr the same crazy salary that the Saudi Pro League can, but believe the promise of a new challenge in the 'best league in the world' could tempt Vini.

They also hope to play on the fact that Vini is upset at not winning the Ballon d'Or and believes that the politics related to playing for Real Madrid are a reason for this.

The Saudi Pro League have made it clear that the offer will remain on the table for some time to come.

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Saudi Pro League riches

Saudi Arabia took the football world by storm during the 2023 summer transfer window as some of Europe’s most well-known players left the continent in order to join the nouveau richest league in the sport.

Cristiano Ronaldo had already made the move to Al-Nassr, but he was joined in the Saudi Pro League by Neymar, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves, Roberto Firmino, Jordan Henderson, Aymeric Laporte, N’Golo Kante and Karim Benzema, among several others.

The summer of 2024 was a quieter affair but the Saudis plan to spend big again in 2025.

Could Vinicius Jr be the next superstar to move to Saudi Arabia?