Are the warning lights flashing for Vinícius Junior ?

On top of his recent display of petulance at Real Madrid , are there grounds for the fear, expressed by leading Brazilian journalist Marcelo Barreto , that the star is caught up in a spiral of " Neymar -ization?"

Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti is unflustered. "His personal life is his own," the former Madrid coach said as he called up the squad for the coming friendlies against Senegal and Tunisia .

"I'm not his father. I'm not his brother. I just want to be his coach."

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The fact that Ancelotti is filling that rol

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