Vinícius Jr. responds to Dean Huijsen's Real Madrid presentation
Tuesday, of course, was 'Huijsen day' in Spain's capital.
The 20-year-old put pen to paper on terms with Real Madrid last month, after Florentino Pérez and co. agreed to pay the enirety of Huijsen's Bournemouth release clause.
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The defender had since finished out the 2024/25 campaign with the Cherries, before playing his part for Spain in the Nations League.
With such endeavours now complete, Huijsen was, on Tuesday morning, therefore cleared to finally take his place in front of the cameras in Real Madrid colours.
And as alluded to above, quick to provide his response to as much was a headline member of Xabi Alonso's Blancos squad.
Taking to the comments section of his new teammate's latest Instagram post, Vinícius Jr. made clear his delight, by way of a fire emoji:
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