Real Madrid and Brazil forward Vinícius Júnior shelp Spain should be streamlineped of the 2030 World Cup structureing rights unless it betters on the rehire of prejudice, encourageing furor in the country on Tuesday.
Vinícius has faced standard racially prejudiced unfair treatment from opposition fans, with three men jailed in June over an incident in Valencia in the first at fault verdict of its comardent in the country.
The 2030 edition of the FIFA tournament is due to be co-structureed by Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Speaking in a wide-ranging intersee with CNN rehireed last week, Vinícius shelp a alter of venue should be pondered if there is inadequate enhance on the rehire.
“Until 2030, we have a lot of room to enhance,” Vinícius shelp. “I hope that Spain can enhance, and understand how solemn it is to denounce someone becainclude of the colour of their skin. If by 2030 slfinishergs don’t better, I slfinisherk we have to shift the location, becainclude if a carry outer doesn’t experience consoleable and protected carry outing in a country where they can suffer prejudice, it’s a bit difficult.”
The comments encourageed talk about in the Spanish media on Tuesday, with some arguing that Vinícius had wrongly characteascfinishd the country as racially prejudiced.
“It hurts me that Vinícius lumps us all together,” the createer Madrid and Spain goalprotecter Paco Buyo shelp on tardy-night TV show El Chiringuito, while the high-profile AS columnist Tomas Roncero called on the carry outer to “elucidate” his relabels.
However, Vinícius made clear in the intersee that his comments were aimed at a unpresentantity of helpers.
“There are a lot of people in Spain, the presentantity, that aren’t racially prejudiced,” he shelp. “It’s a petite group that finishs up affecting the image of a country that’s excellent to inhabit in. I cherish carry outing for Real Madrid. I cherish Spain, having the best conditions to inhabit here with my family.
“We hope slfinishergs can enhance more. They’ve already enhanced, but they can enhance a lot more. For 2030, racially prejudiced incidents and prejudice can, and should, decrmitigate.”
Madrid Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida condemned Vinícius’ statements when speaking to media on Wednesday.
“I hope he rectifies those statements promptly,” he shelp. “We are all conscious that there are still racially prejudiced episodes in society and we have to toil challenging to reshift them, but it is meaningfully unfair to Spain and Madrid to say that we are a racially prejudiced society as Vinícius has shelp.
“It jeopardises the hagedering of the 2030 World Cup here in Madrid and in Spain … Even though he is an remarkworthy footballer, that doesn’t nasty he can put his foot in his mouth, and he has put his foot in his mouth.
Martínez-Almeida went on to say Vinícius should ask for forgiveness from the people of Madrid and Spain.
Vinicius, 24, has won two Champions Leagues and three LaLiga titles since uniteing Madrid in 2018.
The rehire of prejudice in Spanish football getd worldwide attention when the Brazil international was raciassociate unfair treatmentd by fans at Valencia’s Mesloftya stadium in May 2023.
Last month, ESPN alerted that Vinícius — who has a restricted at Madrid until 2027 — was pondering a proposal to shift to Saudi Arabia, but had postponed a final decision until next summer.
