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Vinicius Junior Says He Had an Offer from Barcelona Before Real Madrid Move

Bleacher Report | November 5, 2019

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Vinicius Junior has said he followed his heart by joining Real Madrid over Barcelona after receiving offers from both Spanish giants.

The 19-year-old Brazilian agreed a deal to join Real from Flamengo in 2017 and subsequently moved to Madrid in July 2018 in a transfer worth £38.7 million:

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Real Madrid confirm the signing of Vinicius Junior from Flamengo from July 2018 onward—he’ll stay with Flamengo until July 2019. https://t.co/cienFWIt7I

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Vinicius has said he had to decide between joining Los Blancos and Barca, because the Blaugrana also made an offer to sign him, per AS (h/t Goal):

"I thought it was not true.

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