Brazil winger Vinicius Junior is set to be Real Madrid’s new number seven for the 2023-23 season as Eden Hazard vacates the iconic shirt number. The 22-year-old had another great 2022-23 season for the Los Blancos and further grew into the team’s attacking focal point amidst an injury-riddled year for striker Karim Benzema.
Currently, Vini Jr. has been donning the number 20 on the back of his jersey but he along with his Brazilian teammate Rodrygo are set to change their kit numbers for the upcoming season. While Vinicius Junior takes up number seven, Rodrygo will have an 11-number jersey which was worn by Marco Asensio.
This development was confirmed by football journalist Fabrizio Romano, who tweeted, “Vinicius Júnior has changed his number as he will wear number 7 next season New shirt number also for Rodrygo who will wear number 11 starting from July.”
Check out the tweet here:
Coming back to Real Madrid, the 14-time UCL champs recently completed a blockbuster deal to sign English midfielder Jude Bellingham for a massive €103 million fee with bonuses from German club Borussia Dortmund. Along with Bellingham, Real Madrid also confirmed the return of midfielder Brahim Díaz and left-back Fran Garcia.
Brahim Díaz was on a three-year loan at AC Milan and has been a Real Madrid player since January 2019. In Spain, he has already won one League and one Spanish Super Cup the club, before being loaned to AC Milan in September 2020. In the Serie A, Diaz was on the Scudetto and reached the semifinals of the Champions League this season. On the other hand, Fran Garcia returns to Real Madrid after a three-year stint at Rayo Vallecano, where he has played in 72 games in the top flight and has emerged as one of the league's top young defenders.
