I Had Just 48 Hours To Chose Between Real Madrid And Barcelona – Vinicius Jnr Opens Up

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Vinicius Junior announced that Barcelona was interested in signing him, but he decided to join Real Madrid 's bitter foes after just two days of decision making.

International Brazil arrived officially at the Santiago Bernabeu in July 2018, a year after Madrid agreed to a record £ 38.7million contract with Flamengo.

He has yet to reach double goal figures for the club but was on target in March 's huge 2-0 victory over Barcelona's LaLiga title rivals.

It would have been a lot different for Vinicius though as the winger was given the chance to join Barca in 2017.

“I had proposals from Barca and Madrid and only had two days to choose,” he said in Real Madrid TV documentary ‘Campo de Estrellas’.

“I see myself in Madrid for a long time, winning everything and being very successful.”

Vinicius, who is rumored to be a target for Manchester United, remains grateful to former club Flamengo for giving him a platform to showcase his talent.

“I come from Sao Goncalo, which is a very dangerous place,” he said.

“They always helped me when I didn’t have money to pay for the academy and they let me train for a long time without paying.

“My father went to work in Sao Paulo so that I would have money to train and play soccer.”