Cristiano Ronaldo also changed his shirt number early into his Madrid career. Like Mbappe, the Portugal international wore the No 9 after joining the club from Manchester United in the summer of 2009. He inherited Raul’s No 7 shirt from the 2010/11 season onwards.

Real Madrid have categorically decided not to hand Vinicius the same salary as team-mate Kylian Mbappe. According to SER Deportivos, the Los Blancos will

Real Madrid star Vinícius Jr. has seen a request to join attacking partner-in-crime Kylian Mbappé as the club’s top earner rejected.That’s according to SER, who have on Friday provided an