Carlo Ancelotti will have all his Real Madrid players available from 20 July to start preparing for the start of the official season. Five signings and the return of the Brazilians complete the group of players selected alongside Nico Paz, who will be knocking down doors

Above all is the presence of Vinicius Jr, who is fully involved in the process of metamorphosis that he has undergone in recent months and which has led him to become a reference in the world of football, both on a sporting and social level.

He has no limits and the next step is none other than to take on a responsibility that previously fell to Karim Benzema. The winger feels he has the capacity to be the leader and the offensive reference for Real Madrid. If there is one thing he has shown, it is that he is not afraid of responsibility and that he never hides.

Vini Jr. has made no secret of the fact that he must make the step up and that the power he has shown in the last two seasons must lead him to climb to the top of world football. For that to happen, this season is vital, because Los Blancos must learn to play in a different way, without the presence of the current Ballon d’Or winner. He knows that the offensive weight of the team relies on him and Rodrygo. He likes the responsibility

His numbers have been growing as the seasons have gone by. Now Ancelotti has found an ideal ecosystem for his style of football. Now he has prepared himself to continue to grow and to start first to be the leader of Real Madrid, and then to jump the throne of the best on planet football. In the 22-23 season he scored 23 goals and 21 assists, compared to 22 and 20 in the previous campaign. He is progressing well.

The Brazilian knows that he has to be focused when the ball starts rolling, but what he will not tolerate either is disrespect from his opponents. He wants to play in peace and quiet, to be able to show all the football he has inside him.

In addition, Vini Jr. is currently negotiating a new contract with a sportswear company after leaving Nike. And he does it already being a star, wearing the No.7 of Real Madrid and No.10 of the Brazilian national team. In addition, we must not forget his solidarity side through his Foundation and the deaf work he does in Brazil with the creation of an educational project in the favela where he was born.

Today he returns to work and his debut with Los Blancos will come in the first pre-season game, which Ancelotti’s team will on next Sunday against Milan. He has been working during the holidays and is ready to go.

To cook up the generational change, Real Madrid forgets Valdebebas for two weeks and heads to Los Angeles for the now customary period of physical work at UCLA University, combined with four matches in North America combining football and business. On arrival in the United States, Rodrygo, Militao and Vini Jr. will join the day-to-day work planned by Carlo Ancelotti and his staff.

The current configuration of the squad is very different to that of previous seasons when there was a lighthouse that illuminated everyone and that was none other than Karim Benzema, adapting to his new sporting life in Saudi Arabia, something that apparently is not being too easy for him. Real Madrid need to invent themselves again and for that there is the figure of the Italian coach, who was the first to trust him blindly, now called Vini Jr.

A change of system is expected, but always with the Brazilian as the absolute reference, regardless of what may come. He is and will be Real Madrid’s franchise player despite the shadow that has been hanging over the club for many years and which goes by the name of Kylian Mbappe.