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

Kylian Mbappe has dismissed reports that he refused to be a torchbearer at the Olympic Games in Paris last year. It has been reported by French outlet Le Canard Enchaine that the Real Madrid forward wanted to be the final torchbearer at the Games’ opening ceremony, but refused a request to be masked.

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.