Vinicius Junior Is Using Arsenal For A Big Real Madrid Contract – Mikel Obi

Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has said that Vinicius Junior is using Arsenal to land a lucrative new contract at Real Madrid. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the Brazilian superstar has no intention of moving to the Emirates Stadium despite mounting speculation regarding a record-breaking Premier League transfer.

Mikel added that Vini is simply using the Gunners as a bargaining chip to hold his current employers to ransome.

His words, “He’s not coming! Forget about that. He’s just using Arsenal to get a better deal at Real Madrid. He’s not leaving Real Madrid. I’m sure about that, 100 per cent. He’s not leaving! He just wants to use Arsenal to get a better deal.

He’s not leaving Real Madrid. Why would he? Listen, Arsenal is a big team. If I sit here and say Arsenal is not a big team then I’m lying. Arsenal is a big team but Real Madrid is a different ballgame. I think this conversation about contracts has been going on for a long time.

Bruno Guimaraes is going to be a good signing for Arsenal. I think him and Declan Rice in that midfield and Martin Odegaard is going to be good. Mikel Arteta knows he has to play some attractive football this season. You can’t play the same way you played last season.

Wow, the team to beat? There are so many teams.

The good thing that you can say about this season is it is absolutely wide open, absolutely f***ing wide open, apart from Arsenal. Apart from Arsenal… you can say that this is the team right now.

They’re settled, they have a manager who has been there for so many years, he’s built a team and a squad that has gone on to win the Premier League. It doesn’t matter how they won it, they finally crossed the line.

I want to see now how they play, how they approach this season, how they defend their title because okay, it doesn’t matter how you played last season, you played ugly or however you wanted to win and you’ve done that. It wasn’t pretty to watch but they’ve done it.

Now I want to see how Mikel Arteta and this Arsenal squad play this season because they have to defend that title. If you look at all the top five, top six teams, they are the most settled squad.”