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Real Madrid have reportedly 'caused a rift' between the club and their star winger Vinicius Jr, after the LaLiga giants posted a controversial photo of the Brazilian on their Instagram story.
The incident occurred in the run up to their 2-2 draw against Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium on March 2.
Relevo state that a 'crisis has broken out in Valdebebas between the player and the club' over the image published on their social media, which depicts the 23-year-old kissing the Madrid badge on his shirt.
Vinicius is photoshopped next to a sticker featuring the logo of Israeli DJ's 'Vini Vici' which portrays the evolution of a monkey into a human being.
The Spanish outlet claims that the picture had been live for over 30 minutes until Madrid took it down. But by that time Vinicius had already seen the image and 'reproached club officials'.
Real Madrid have reportedly 'caused a rift' between the club and their star winger Vinicius Jr
It came after Real Madrid had posted this image of the Brazilian on their Instagram story, showing a shot of the human evolution from a monkey underneath the winger
The image depicts the above image and is also the logo for the Israeli DJ duo 'Vini Vici'
Vinicius had been left livid by the post, according to reports, with Madrid CEO Jose Angel Sanchez, intervening to 'prevent the crisis from escalating'. He had 'managed to convince the Brazilian to play against Valencia'.
Madrid have subsequently declined to comment, according to reports from ESPN. The club, meanwhile, have reportedly told Vinicius that they would take action against those responsible.
He would go on to score twice at the Mestalla Stadium, but was racially abused during the match. LaLiga have 'launched an investigation after a child allegedly made a racist comment towards the forward'.
The winger also issued a message of defiance after scoring his first goal, during their match against Valencia. It came after he had allegedly suffered racial abuse at the stadium last season.
Vinicius subsequently turned to the stand that had allegedly racially abused him and raised his fist towards the sky.
He also posted two pictures of him performing the celebration on Twitter (formerly X) with
