Vinicius Jr signs for Madrid

Funny thing is Mendy was actually worse than Vinicius against BMG snd it's thanks to his lazy ass we had a mountain to climb in the first place. Like I said stones and glasshouses

Not sure what he's done to turn it around. There were rumours of a sport psychologist. Whatever it is it has worked wonders

He is the number one hated player in LL right now. Tells you how much they fear him. Last season he was a laughing stock this season he gets triple teamed and they still can't contain him

Vini has already been the leader without Benz. Feel like he plays without shackles taking the leadership role. Did it in the two games Benz missed both away from home. Imagine if he had the luxury of having a great attacking LB instead of the one we have now. The kid is always triple teamed and still somehow makes things happen.

Also Vini's problem was always ONLY his decision making. Nothing about space or crap like that. He has always been the best at 1v1, putting players on their asses and getting to the opponents box. It's what he did after that which separated him from the truly great players. Now he has added the only quality he lacked for the previous 4 seasons he's been with us. If he continues to score, only the sky will be the limit for this kid

Imagine thinking Benz is the one making Vini look good

Geez, did I see comments like Vini < Mbappe? XD

Always thought Vini had great potential n since hes so young he was gonna improve as time passes, just not this fast. His end product n finishing was also pretty bad for long time. Very jealous as a Barca since Vini matured n improved much more in 3 months than Dembele has in what it is now 4-5 yrs with us XD

@Perucho, I don't know, i always felt like ge lost confidence in his own abilities. Always scared to take on players, scared to misplace passes that would get his teammates giving him the side eyes especially Benz and Modric. You could tell that Kroos was passing him the ball even when he was dribbling into blind alleys but Modric and Benz started to ignore him particularly Benz. Then you have that "dont pass the ball to him" gate. Great of Zidane to persist with him even after that but I feel the general aura of last season really did not put him in a good position to improve. The whole team was afraid to lose the ball, afraid to take risks and finding goals hard to come by.

Alot has changed since last season but I reckon a big part of Vini's improvements aside from the obvious is that he plays in a more free role on the left now, he's not glued to the sidelines like he was last season with Mendy playing inside he is asked to play closer to goal and shoot with minimal touches on the ball.

Benz is a fantastic player and our best attacker, no doubt about that. But what Vini has regained this season is his confidence but he's also worked on facets of his game that had the likes of Joaquin laughing at him from the sidelines

He'll obviously go through a rough patch and more organised teams will need him to be good at combination play rather than going 1v1 but so far he's made a great start to the season.

Inter will be a great test for him imo. They have some excellent defenders and play a 352 that gives you little time to think. In a game like that it's important to be efficient and not fill up your highlight reel with useless stepovers. Let's see how he fares

All that is left now is improving combination play in tight areas. Rodrygo is very good at that. Vini not so much. But baby step, none of us thought he would finish this well just a season after being accused of playing against the team.