Transfer Market Reportedly better the offer of Barcelona

Madrid and Barcelona battling it out for Vinicius

Real Madrid have reportedly closed a deal with Brazilian side Flamengo to sign 17-year-old sensation Vinicius Jr, a player who many have compared to Neymar Jr due to his ability to dribble past opponents.

He was voted the best player at the recent South American Under-17 Football Championship thanks to his tournament-leading seven goals and it appears he'll be touching down at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in the summer of 2018, by which point he'll be 18 years of age.

According to GloboEsporte, Los Blancos have agreed a fee of around 40 million euros with the Rio de Janeiro club, trumping the release clause value of 30m euros which Barcelona were willing to pay.

Yet the Camp Nou hierarchy and their Brazilian representative Andre Cury are not expected to simply sit back and watch.