Real Madrid’s relationship with Vinicius Junior is experiencing noticeable tension after the two parties failed to renew their contract. AS newspaper revealed on Monday that the Brazilian star pays his salary from his pocket due to the club receiving half of the revenues from his image rights.
The Spanish newspaper “AS” revealed on Monday that Real Madrid receives half of the revenues from the image rights of the Brazilian player, who is linked to several sponsorship contracts, which means that Vinicius pays his annual salary with Real Madrid from his own pocket.
She continued: Vinicius was the second player with the most commercial sponsorships in the last World Cup, with 16 sponsors, behind his fellow star Neymar, who has 20 sponsors.
She continued: Vinicius’ advertising contracts focused on large companies such as “Clear” cosmetics, “Omo” for cleaning products, and “PlayStation,” in addition to “Prada” and “Nike.”
