Vinicius transcended against Levante for more than football reasons.
Several young people trained in the Real Madrid quarry, or acquired in early conditions of the international market, have configured a type of model that mixes football expectations and economic performance alike.
On the one hand, it is the galactic Real Madrid that competes for the most expensive signings in the world - Zidane, Ronaldo, Kaká, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bale, Hazard, Mbappé - and on the other it practices a policy associated with that of Borussia Dortmund or Ajax: invest in promising footballers and use them as a source of capital gains.
The cases of Achraf, Marcos Llorente, Reguilón and Odegaard are assigned to this commercial income.
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In strict monetary terms, the income for the four young people (150 million) far exceeds the figure destined for the signings of Bale and Hazard (100 million each), the most expensive in the club's history. They are good players who have left the club for different reasons. Either there was no time to wait for them, or it was decided that their ceiling was written, or the expectations were exaggerated. In the footballing chapter, time will tell which of the parties - Real Madrid, transferred players or clubs that have acquired them - will benefit the most. There is no doubt about the economic performance of these operations.
A notable aspect of the four transfers is related to the moment in which they occurred: a period of deep economic depression in football, subjected to the blow of the pandemic. Madrid has sold Achraf (59 million, Borussia Dortmund-Inter Milan), Llorente (30 million, Atlético de Madrid), Reguilón (30 million, Tottenham) and Odegaard (40 million, Arsenal) for pre-covid amounts. Has made good cash in times of hardship.
Real Madrid has benefited from the value it adds to its players in the form of prestige. Spanish football, and by extension European football, has enjoyed its phenomenal remittances for many years. Three months ago there was controversy in Spain over the absence of Madrid footballers in the team that participated in the Eurocup, regardless of the inclusion of Marcos Llorente, Diego Llorente, Álvaro Morata and Pablo Sarabia in the team. The four were formed in the Madrid quarry and clearly represent the club's management model, both in the footballing and economic chapter. Playing for Real Madrid works wonders in the market.
Real Madrid's double track - expensive stars and handsome promises in the window - deserves special attention this season. It is an aging team - an average of 29 years in the starting lineup - its best players are the most veteran - Benzema, Modric, Kroos - and the performance of Hazard and Bale, who have passed their thirties, remains under suspicion. In Europe he has lost weight and in the League it is difficult for him to make a difference. Hard to be able to squeeze more lemon. Time is running out for Madrid.
In Vinicius the profile of a young footballer —21 years old — is drawn about whom there is no unanimity. He rightly discusses the ownership of Bale and Hazard, offers undeniable progress - three goals, two of them as extraordinary as they are delicate, an unlikely adjective so far for the Brazilian winger - and his contribution - speed, outburst and a new relationship with the goal - It is extremely valuable in this somewhat twilight Madrid.
The discrepancies lie in the height of its ceiling and in the profit margins, both sports and commercial.
It is not known if Vinicius is a player of the magnitude that Madrid requires or is at the perfect time for a profitable transfer.
In another edition of Real Madrid, the football consequences of the sale would not bother the fans.
In this twilight version of the team, Vinicius seems indispensable.
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