The reporter reported coldly With three months to go to the end of the season, the Saudi consortium has already brandished a cheque for 1 billion euros to test Vinicius and Real Madrid president Florentino. According to Spanish media, Saudi Arabian giants Jeddah Nationals have offered a five-year contract totaling 1 billion euros for the new World Footballer(There is even news that it has been updated to 1.5 billion euros in 5 years)and have been in direct contact with the team of players. Vinicius has two and a half years left on his contract with Real Madrid, with a liquidated damages clause of up to €1 billion. Real Madrid have not yet responded to the offer, but that doesn't mean Vinicius is still "not for sale".

Spanish media believe that Vinicius's team's contact with Saudi Arabia is obviously directly related to the contract renewal negotiations that Real Madrid has just started. Vinicius currently earns €20 million a year before tax at Real Madrid, which is on par with Bellingham. Together with the prize money linked to team results and individual performance, the total amount is 25 million euros. Vinicius' team wants the new world footballer to earn as much as Kylian Mbappe, who has a fixed annual salary of €30 million, plus a bonus of €40 million a year and a signing fee.

The Real Madrid team has conducted a comprehensive evaluation of Vinicius's salary requirements, and although they recognize him as one of the core of the third phase of the "Galaxy Fleet", he will not be on an equal footing with the leader Mbappe in terms of salary. The president of Real Madrid is very sensitive to the salary structure of the first team, and the team will only give one player the highest salary, and then 20 million, 10 million and 5 million euros represent different positions in the team. Florentino won't break the salary structure for Vinicius, especially with the turmoil off the field.

The newspaper "Marca" believes that the news of contact with Saudi Arabia released by the Vinicius team at this time is intended to put pressure on Real Madrid and strive for the initiative in the contract renewal negotiations. As for Real Madrid, as always, Florentino is never threatened by the stars. Six years ago, in February 2018, Cristiano Ronaldo had already tried once, but even with a leader of the fleet like him, Real Madrid's reply was not to give in, but to set a clear price for Ronaldo, leaving no one to try to challenge the authority of the team. In the summer of that year, Ronaldo, who had just won the Champions League three times in a row, was sold to Juventus by Real Madrid without hesitation, and Real Madrid made a net profit of 23 million euros from that business.

Last season's peak performances, as well as his strength in the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Footballer of the Year awards, gave Vinicius' team the feeling that the Brazilian was already a top superstar enough to rival Mbappe.

The offer from Jeddah Nationals is an advantage for Vinicius to attack, retreat and defend. He would prefer to stay at Real Madrid and win the coveted Ballon d'Or, but only if he gets the highest salary to match Mbappe. But if it can't be recognized by Real Madrid, Saudi Arabia's five-year 1 billion euros, which is also an unprecedented super contract, surpassing Benzema, Neymar, Messi and Ronaldo, can also make Vinicius go down in the history of world football in a record way.

Jeddah National's offer for Vinicius this summer is €350 million, significantly surpassing the previous world record of €222 million held by Neymar. If Real Madrid is released, it will get a huge profit of almost 30% of the Real Madrid club's season revenue, and on Vinicius alone, Real Madrid will make at least 300 million euros from the transfer fee alone! But since Vinicius' contract has a €1 billion liquidated damages clause, Real Madrid will inevitably stick to the tradition of activating liquidated damages before releasing him.

However, €1 billion is not an unacceptably high price for Saudi football, which desperately needs to maintain its exposure in the world ahead of the 2034 World Cup. With Neymar leaving, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo getting old, the Saudi league is in desperate need of a new global spokesperson. In addition to Salah, such as poaching Vinicius from Real Madrid, it is of great significance to enhance the influence of the Saudi league. As the Spanish media said, the addition of Vinicius will bring more new generations of players with global influence to the Saudi league and complete the superstar iteration.

In any case, the Saudi offer of 1 billion euros officially kicked off the soap opera of Vinicius's fate. The Brazilian star, the president of Real Madrid and the Saudi royal family are all protagonists, the difference is only whether they can close the curtain on a record amount. Of course, for this finale, fans may have to wait quite a long time and endure endless rumors from the media and teams of all parties.