Paquetá hints at Vini Jr’s Flamengo return, reveals mad offer | OneFootball

Lucas Paquetá assured that he will play alongside Vini Jr at Flamengo again

Between 2017 and 2018, Lucas Paquetá and Vini Jr thrilled Brazil with exciting football and plenty of skill at Flamengo. Now, the fans are eagerly waiting for the duo to reunite at the club. The midfielder has already returned and guaranteed that the Real Madrid (ESP) forward will also come back home.

— It will, it will (bring the duo back to life at Flamengo). It’ll work out, but at the right time. When he feels it’s the right moment, he’ll come back so we can join forces. Spoiler (laughs). Even when everything worked out (the negotiation with West Ham), we talked about it, about how cool this new chapter here would be. He wished me happiness, and I told him that soon it would be his turn so we could relive this feeling —, Paquetá said in an interview with ‘FlamengoTV’.

WHAT WAS THE CRAZY OFFER MADE BY VINI?

This year, Flamengo and West Ham (ENG) went through a real ‘soap opera’ before the happy ending in the negotiations for the midfielder’s return. There were 30 days of intense talks between the parties and a lot of anxiety from Lucas Paquetá and also Vini Jr. The Flamengo midfielder said that the Real Madrid forward even offered money out of his own pocket to speed up the talks.

— Vini was even more anxious than I was. He texted every day: “You’re not going to sign, right?” “Just sign already, what’s missing?”. Even joking, he said: “How much is missing? I’ll cover it all”. Jokes like that, and I said: “Let’s chip in so it works out soon and West Ham lets me go”. They were making the negotiation very complicated, and he was anxious, texting me. He’s a friend football gave me, and we lived through happy moments here. I hope that at the right time he comes back so we can keep making dreams come true —, the midfielder added.

SO, IS THERE ANY TIMELINE FOR VINI JR’S RETURN TO FLAMENGO?

Lucas Paquetá is under contract with Flamengo until December 2030. Vini Jr, meanwhile, has one more year left on his deal with Real Madrid. The Spanish club wants to renew it, but the forward has drawn interest from other teams in Europe and Saudi Arabia. Therefore, the attacker’s return to Mengão is unlikely to happen anytime soon.

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