@football.leaks_: 🚨🗣️ Pep Guardiola in 2017: “Real Madrid bought a 16-year-old player for €46 million. You can imagine how the market is.” That 16-year-old was Vinícius Júnior. 🇧🇷 Back in May 2017, Guardiola used Real Madrid’s signing of Vinícius from Flamengo as an example of how crazy and inflated the transfer market had become. Vinícius had barely played senior football, yet Madrid were willing to invest around €45 million in his potential. Fast forward several years… ⏳ That same Vinícius Júnior has been part of the Real Madrid side that eliminated Guardiola’s Manchester City from the Champions League THREE TIMES. 😭⚔️ 🏆 2021/22 — Semi-final 🇬🇧 Man City 4–3 Real Madrid 🇪🇸 Real Madrid 3–1 Man City ⚽ Vinícius scored in the first leg. 🏆 2023/24 — Quarter-final 🇪🇸 Real Madrid 3–3 Man City 🇬🇧 Man City 1–1 Real Madrid 🅰️🅰️ Vinícius provided 2 assists in the first leg. Real Madrid eventually won the tie on penalties. 🏆 2025/26 — Round of 16 🇪🇸 Real Madrid 3–0 Man City 🇬🇧 Man City 1–2 Real Madrid ⚽⚽ Vinícius scored both goals at the Etihad in the second leg. 📊 Vinícius vs Guardiola’s City across those 3 eliminations: 🎮 6 games ⚽ 3 goals 🅰️ 2 assists 🔥 5 direct goal contributions From being used as an example of the “crazy” transfer market at 16… to becoming one of the players repeatedly standing in Guardiola’s way in Europe. Trade your football prediction on @kalshi Football really writes its own stories. 🤍👑#fypシ゚viral #CristianoRonaldo #football #trending #footballnews
