Zinedine Zidane’s desire to make Real Madrid faster, stronger and more aggressive saw him ask the club to pursue Liverpool’s Sadio Mane last summer.
He remains a huge fan of the Liverpool forward but this summer the Spanish club will ask their coach to concentrate on moulding the raw talent of Vinicius instead of holding out for the Liverpool forward.
Since La Liga restarted, Vinicius has led Real Madrid to victory away at Real Sociedad. He won the penalty that broke the Basque club’s resistance and this while still basking in the glory of being Real Madrid’s best player against Barcelona in the season’s second Clasico.