All over the world teenagers dream about playing for Real Madrid and the Flamengo striker Vinícius Júnior is no different. What sets him apart from pretty much every other teenager, however, is that he has already signed a pre-contract with Real, who in July last year agreed to pay a staggering €45m (£39m) for the 17-year-old.
The world was stunned but having missed out on Neymar, who joined Barcelona in 2013, Real were taking no chances with Vinícius Júnior. In many ways he is – or is expected to become – the next Neymar. It is an extraordinary pressure to live with but Vinícius Júnior seems to be coping well. For someone who has had agents circling since he was 10, and long been hailed as the next superstar to come out of Brazil, he seems remarkably grounded. There is no arrogance, no sense of entitlement and no hint he has let attention and fame go to his head.
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