The departures of Luka Modric and Lucas Vazquez, whose contracts expired final weekend, left two vacancies within the captaincy group at Actual Madrid, and these have now formally been crammed.
Modric had been Actual Madrid membership captain, so his exit implies that place wanted to be crammed – and unsurprisingly, it has been achieved so by Dani Carvajal, who was his deputy through the 2024-25 marketing campaign , which was an interrupted one for the defender after he tore his ACL again in October.
It’s a proud second for Carvajal, whose quantity two will probably be Federico Valverde. The Uruguayan midfielder was already within the captaincy group alongside Modric and Lucas, and he now makes the step up. And as per Diario AS, the 2 aforementioned gamers have now been joined up Thibaut Courtois and Vinicius Junior.
Courtois, who joined Actual Madrid from Chelsea in 2018, will probably be third captain, with Vinicius – who joined from Flamengo in the identical summer season – being fourth within the queue. The choice has been made by membership officers in collaboration with head coach Xabi Alonso, who will probably be relying on all 4 gamers to be leaders within the dressing room forward of his first full season within the dugout.
Vinicius selections comes amid uncertainty about his future
The appointment of Vinicius, which was considerably anticipated on condition that he has been a Actual Madrid participant for seven years, is an attention-grabbing one, given that he’s presently going through an unsure future on the Santiago Bernabeu. Contract talks between participant and membership have stalled, and Saudi Arabia are mentioned to be contemplating a world-record transfer to tempt him away from Los Blancos.
Regardless of this, it could be a shock to see Vinicius go away, so he’s anticipated to take his place within the captaincy group for the 2025-26 season, which will get underway subsequent month.