Following Eden Hazard’s departure, Vinicius will take over possession of Cristiano Ronaldo’s iconic No.7 jersey for the 2023/24 marketing campaign.
Actual Madrid have announced that Vinicius Junior will put on the No. 7 shirt within the upcoming season.
Beforehand worn by Cristiano Ronaldo, the shirt was vacant after Eden Hazard’s departure. The Belgian owned the jersey since his arrival in 2019. Nevertheless, with each membership and participant agreeing to half methods this summer season, Vinicius has now snapped up the No.7 for himself.
Ronaldo wore the No. 7 for eight of his 9 seasons from 2010 till 2018. The Portuguese ace grew to become Actual Madrid’s all-time file scorer on this interval, scoring 450 objectives in 438 video games, and received 4 Champions League trophies.
Among the different high-profile gamers who’ve worn the No. 7 shirt for Actual Madrid up to now embrace Raul Gonzalez, Emilio Butragueño, Juan “Juanito” Gomez, and Amancio Amaro.
Vinicius’ Brazil teammate Rodrygo Goes will now put on the No. 11 shirt, which was beforehand worn by Marco Asensio, who will depart the membership on the finish of his contract this month.
The No. 9 jersey, which Karim Benzema beforehand wore till his transfer to Saudi Arabian aspect Al Ittihad this month, stays vacant.
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