The 2 Players Who Could Join Real Madrid if Vinícius Moves to Saudi Arabia

The soap opera par excellence that Real Madrid has been managing since October 2024 is starring Vinícius Jr. The South American footballer, due to his excellent performance in recent seasons, has attracted the attention of several clubs from Saudi Arabia. The white bosses, in response to these advances, have limited themselves to referring to the release clause of 1 billion euros.

At the same time, from the Valdebebas offices, they would have decided to launch an ambitious and striking plan to renew the '7' verdeamarelo. The first contacts, according to several sports media in our country, would have resulted in a deal that would be announced at the end of the current season... to avoid distractions now that Real Madrid is playing for its first treble in history.

But until that deal becomes official, rumors about Vinícius's departure to Saudi Arabia will persist. Moreover, the Middle Eastern clubs interested in signing the striker from São Gonçalo will not give up so easily... and they could present their multimillion-dollar transfer offers even though there is now talk of a hypothetical renewal with the merengue squad.

In case both Real Madrid and Vinícius accept one of those approaches from the Saudi Pro League, the roadmap of the white team would change completely. The entity presided over by Florentino Pérez would immediately lose one of its competitive references in every sense.

Replacements in Progress?

While it is true that now Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham seem to take the 'lead role' at Real Madrid, Vinícius remains one of the leaders in the locker room. With the aim of mitigating his departure in the best possible way, from the Valdebebas offices they would have already thought about which signings to make to balance the departure of the South American '7'.

The first signing to be made, supported by the enormous amount received in transfer for Vinícius, is none other than an 'old desire' of the white bosses: Florian Wirtz. The '10' of Bayer Leverkusen is seen as an essential footballer in the future plans of the white team, which is also actively seeking a reliable replacement for Toni Kroos. The werkself attacking midfielder would act as that creative midfielder that the white sports management plans to sign soon.

The other alternative that Real Madrid has ahead is also a player who was on the list of potential signings: Nico Williams. The '10' of Athletic Club de Bilbao had the opportunity to join Santiago Bernabéu locker room in the summer of 2023, thanks to a release clause lower than the current one. But Real Madrid was clear that they were going to wait for Kylian Mbappé, who finally arrived on a free transfer in the summer of 2024.

Be that as it may, Nico Williams has never ceased to be a target for the white leadership and could act as a direct replacement for Vinícius Jr. For 60M euros, the amount stipulated by his release clause, the Spanish winger could move to Santiago Bernabéu... to the dismay of an FC Barcelona that would have tried, unsuccessfully, to secure his football services during and after the Euro 2024 in Germany.