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Los Merengues winger Vinicius Jr has said sorry to fans for his conduct when substituted in Sunday's heated El Clasico win.

The Brazilian was replaced in the second half and displayed his annoyance by heading directly down the tunnel.

The Brazilian later returned to the dugout and, after his club's narrow triumph, attempted to approach Barcelona's youngster Yamal during unpleasant after the game exchanges.

"Today I want to apologise to all the Real Madrid fans for my reaction when I was substituted in the derby," the player wrote on X.

"In the same way as I have previously expressed during the latest training, I would like to apologise again to my team-mates, the organization, and the leadership.

"Sometimes emotion takes over me because I constantly desire to succeed and assist my team. My determined nature originates in the affection I have for this institution and each thing it represents."

The player moved to the Spanish capital from Flamengo in recent years for a significant fee and has notched over a century of strikes in 335 appearances.

But his prospects in the Madrid is far from certain with reports in the past few months indicating that Real would think about permitting the young star depart if they got a good proposal.

When he was replaced on the match day, broadcast footage from network the service captured him remarking: "It's always me! I'm departing the side! It's better if I depart, I'm moving on."

In his new message on the platform, Vinicius said: "I vow to keep fighting every second for the welfare of Los Blancos, as I have done since the initial arrival."

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