Vinicius Jr. and His Agents Betrayed Barcelona, Claims Agent Cury

• Vinicius Jr. has grown to become one of the best players in the world
• Andre Cury has recalled how the Brazilian rejected Barcelona for Real Madrid in 2019
• This comes just over a week after Arda Guler rejected Barcelona for Real Madrid

Barcelona’s chief scout, Andre Cury has recalled that Vinicius Junior rejected Barcelona in favour of a move to the Santiago Bernabeu in 2019.

Following the recent action of Turkish star, Arda Guler opting for Real Madrid over the Catalan club, the former Barcelona chief scout came out with a can of worms, insisting that Vinicius Jr. was joining the Blaugrana after leaving Flamengo before Real Madrid stepped in.

He told Cadena SER:

"Everything was arranged and Madrid found out that he was in Barcelona and they invited him to go to Madrid, but Madrid didn't even know him. Vinicius went to Madrid because they chose his agents.

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"We had been working on the transfer for three years and his agents betrayed us. Vinicius told me that he was culé. He cried with Barça's 6-1 against PSG.

"The Vinicius thing is a matter of betrayal. Rodrygo was tied up, but he decided not to enter."

Rodrygo rejected Barcelona for Madrid

Cury also spoke on Vinicius’ teammate Rodrygo Goes rejecting Barcelona.

On Rodrygo's deal with Barcelona, the agent, as quoted by Marca, explained:

"Rodrygo was sealed, but Barcelona decided not to go in.

"With Vinicius we were talking, but when he betrayed us we went for Rodrygo.

"For me Rodrygo is more complete than Vinicius.

"We went to Santos to negotiate for him, we didn't close the deal and Madrid arrived with much more economic strength.

"His father told me that if I arranged it between Santos and Barcelona, Rodrygo would go to Barcelona for less money."

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Vinicius Junior unveils sports centre

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Vinicius Junior has inaugurated a sports centre bearing his name at the school where his rise to fame began.

The 22-year-old returned to his alma mater, Odete Sao Paio School in Sao Goncalo, his hometown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Los Blancos' new No.7 took the spotlight at the opening of a sports pitch named after him to unveil the Vinicius Sports Centre, leaving an indelible mark on his roots.