Arturo Vidal drops startling comments about star Brazilian footballer

Vinicius Junior has been one of the most promising talents in world football. The Brazilian winger has shown his amazing display of the game in the biggest stages.

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Vinicius Junior has been one of the most promising talents in world football. The Brazilian winger has shown his amazing display of the game in the biggest stages. He has been in sensational form for Real Madrid in the 2023/24 season and led the attack superbly for the Los Blancos thus making him one of the favourites to win the Ballon d’Or for the upcoming season. He is currently participating in the Copa America 2024. 

He featured in the 0-0 draw in their first game against Costa Rica. The Selecaos have struggled to open the scoring in their opening fixture. But for the club, Vini, in 39 appearances across all competitions, racked up 35 direct goal contributions, scoring 24 and assisting 11 times, and helped Madrid to win the La Liga and UEFA Champions League. The footballer has been often criticised and faced racial comments for his on-field actions against the opponents. 

The recent one to comment on the winger is former FC Barcelona footballer Arturo Vidal. He believes that Vinicius is not on the list of top 10 footballers at the current moment. The former Chilean footballer believes that something is missing from him to perform. 

Despite his stellar performances in the underpressure and important games as a footballer, he has faced several backlashes. He had a poor outing in the first game for Brazil against Costa Rica as he could not create much opportunity nor score a goal as well. 

Vidal criticises Vinicius Jr

Speaking in an interview with Argentine streamer Davoo Xeneize, as cited by Diario AS, on Wednesday, Vidal said, “Vinícius Jr. is not a top 10 player in the world for me. He is still missing a lot [from his game].” 

Vinicius has not been at his best wearing the five-times world champion shirt and performing on the international stage when required. Previously Neymar also passed on funny racist comments on his former national teammate, stating that he is the ugliest footballer of all he played with. 

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