Vinicius admired the Arsenal project before extending his contract with Real - The...

Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior was indeed considering a move to Arsenal and was seriously interested in the London club's offer. According to insider sources, the English have been actively working on a potential transfer of the Brazilian for several months. Arsenal's proposal received the full support of the club's management. Work on the deal was conducted even before Vinicius' negotiations with Real Madrid entered the decisive phase, and the interest of the Londoners at a certain stage created a serious threat for Madrid to lose one of the leaders of the team. Real twice rejected previous offers to extend the player's contract. The turning point was the decisive negotiations between the representatives of Vinicius and the management of the Madrid club, after which the parties managed to find a compromise. Soon after, the Brazilian deleted his Instagram page and later announced that he had signed a new contract with Real Madrid until 2032. Negotiations turned out to be much more difficult than during the previous extension of the agreement. The main disagreements concerned the salary of the football player, as well as a large bonus for signing a new contract, which the player's representatives insisted on. In the end, Vinicius decided to continue his career in Madrid, although the offer from Arsenal was attractive to him and remained a real alternative option for a long time.