It's safe to say that this season should serve as a wakeup call for Real Madrid, not only for the hierarchy, but especially for the players. They have to shoulder a majority of the blame for the disappointments this season, with many of the star players failing to deliver week in and week out. Understandably so many fans are frustrated with the stars this season, but it's not just the fans, Real Madrid legends are letting their opinions be known about the current players at the club.
Following Real Madrid's collapse against Bayern Munich, Iker Casillas let his thoughts be heard, taking aim specifically at Vinicius Jr for his dreadful play and antics directed towards Jude Bellingham during the loss. The goalkeeper went on to say:
"This is exactly why they lost yesterday — there’s no leadership, and everyone wants to be the main man. Bellingham asked for the ball, and you’re telling him to shut up? I can’t imagine Toni Kroos asking Cristiano Ronaldo to pass more and Ronaldo telling him to shut up."Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas finally says what all Real Madrid fans have been thinking
It's about time a legend like Casillas speaks up to hopefully knock some sense into Vinicius Jr. The Brazilian has been the centerpiece of a number of issues at Real Madrid this season, with his temper tantrum towards Xabi Alonso for substituting him against Barcelona being the moment this season started to fall apart. However he refuses to shoulder any of the blame for what he has caused this season to turn out to be and it's about time legends start speaking up.
Casillas wasn't done there when it came to Vinicius Jr, claiming his attitude was one of the main reasons for his shortcomings with the 2024 Ballon d'Or, before saying that only two Real Madrid players actually wanted to beat Bayern Munich, and spoiler alert, Vinicius Jr isn't one of them.
"This is probably one of the reasons he didn’t win the Ballon d’Or. Too many star players are disrupting the team. Arda Güler and Bellingham were the only players who really wanted to win yesterday. Vinícius had a bad game — I don’t know why he can’t control his anger."Iker Casillas
Everything the Spaniard said is pinpoint accurate. Vinicius Jr has been a major thorn in the back of his own team and he has to sort himself out or some major decisions will have to be made about his future at the club. Too many times this season we have talked about the Brazilian and his antics being a detriment to the team combined with his ever growing ego despite his drastic drop in form from the past few seasons. Vinicius is out of contract in 2027 with the two parties have yet to agree a new contract, but with his reported €30 million per year salary demands, as well as everything else mentioned earlier, and we could be seeing the end of Vinicius Jr at Real Madrid.
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