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Real Madrid are once again dealing with internal tension after Vinicius Junior’s carefully worded apology failed to mention manager Xabi Alonso.
The omission has deepened speculation about the strained relationship between the forward and coach that has been developing quietly for several months within the club’s dressing room.
The controversy followed Sunday’s 2-1 El Clasico victory over Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu.
It all started when Vinicius was substituted late in the second half and television cameras captured him muttering, “I’m going to leave this team,”
According to BBC, this is not the first time such thoughts had crossed his mind. Similar frustrations had surfaced during the final weeks of the summer transfer window, though no formal offer to leave Real Madrid was ever presented to his representatives.
According to reports,Vinicius had some disagreement to the build-up to the Club World Cup semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain.
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Until that moment, Vinicius had started every game of the season and expected to do so again. However, during the final training session before the match, Alonso informed him that he would begin the fixture on the bench.
Veteran commentators describe the relationship between Vinicius and Xabi Alonso non existent
Three days after the El Clásico incident, Vinicius published an apology on social media addressed to “the president, the club, and my teammates.”
The message’s wording, which omitted any mention of Alonso, was interpreted by journalists on Cadena SER as a deliberate act rather than an oversight.
Antonio Romero and Javi Herráez, two of the network’s veteran reporters, stated that the apology only confirmed what many inside Valdebebas already suspected, that the relationship between Vinicius and Alonso is now “nonexistent.”
According to reports, during the team’s first training session after two days off, Vinicius did apologize privately to teammates but Alonso was not present.
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