Jose Mourinho is selecting the new leaders for next season.
Spanish media reports have revealed that Real Madrid’s management and coach José Mourinho have decided to award the captain’s armband to Federico Valverde and Vinicius Junior, while maintaining their full confidence in the Uruguayan star despite his recent conflict with teammate Tchouaméni.
The Real Madrid dressing room has entered a new phase of restructuring, with the Spanish newspaper AS revealing behind-the-scenes developments at the Bernabéu. The report confirms that the club’s management, in agreement with coach José Mourinho, has settled on a new leadership structure for the first team, appointing Federico Valverde and Vinicius Junior as the two captains of Los Blancos.
The report explained that the joint decision between the club and the coach stipulates that Uruguayan star Federico Valverde will be the team’s first and primary captain, while Brazilian prodigy Vinicius Junior will be the second captain, a discretionary role he will assume upon officially signing his expected contract extension this summer.
The newspaper also pointed to a crucial administrative angle related to Valverde. Despite the recent incident and the escalating crisis between him and his French teammate Aurélien Tchouaméni, the decision-makers at Real Madrid insisted on closing this chapter completely and continuing to give Valverde their full and absolute confidence, stressing behind closed doors that punishing him by taking away the captain’s armband at this time would be a serious administrative and psychological mistake, preferring to protect and support him to lead the new project.
