On Vinicius wrote:The advice of Amadeu, a man who clearly has the best interests of Vinícius at heart, was crystal-clear: keep a watchful eye on the teenage talent, but do not burden his young shoulders with unnecessary and unfair expectation just yet.

But then Real Madrid have never really been in the business of listening to the opinions of other people. Ignoring Amadeu’s advice as well as the seemingly insignificant fact that he is yet to play a single minute of senior football, Real decided to spend £37.7m on the 16-year-old, according to reports in Brazil. That’s more than they paid for Luis Figo, Karim Benzema and Luka Modric. That’s more than 18 of La Liga’s other 19 clubs have ever spent on a single player.

Vinícius himself will receive two further payments of £6.76m directly into his young savers account and be eligible to move to the Santiago Bernabéu as soon as he turns 18. Which, seeing as he was born in the year 2000, will be in a year and a half’s time.

sportsczy wrote:lol with the Vinicius signing. He may pan out... but it won't be because of some incredible insight by the club. Would be largely pure luck lol.

There is ZERO data on him against senior sides. None.