Official: Vinicius Tobias, to Madrid

It’s official: Vinicius Tobias, right back of Shakhtar Donetsk, arrives on loan to Real Madrid for the remainder of the season and another. Although it will not be to reinforce the first team and yes to Raúl’s Castilla, in their fight to get into the places of promotion to the Second Division. Although from the coaching staff of the first team they will not lose sight of him, but for the future. At the moment, there is no place for him, because He occupies a non-community position and all three are full at the moment, with Kubo and Reinier also waiting their turn.

Shakhtar made the loan of Vinicius Tobias official until the end of the 2022-23 academic year, with a purchase option for Real Madrid the amount of which has not been disclosed. Tobias will join the job with Castilla and will try to dispute the minutes with the starting right-back, who at the moment is Santos. His marked offensive profile can fit well in the scheme of three center backs and two lanes that Raúl usually uses, especially away from home.

It comes after the Russia-Ukraine conflict

The player, who turned 18 on February 23, has not had time to debut with the Ukrainian team in an official match. Arrived in January, Vinicius Tobías did play six friendlies before the Russian invasion of Ukraine ordered by Vladimir Putin forced the Ukrainian club to cease activity. The player from São Paulo came to Shakhtar from Internacional de Porto Alegre and has been international with the lower categories of Brazil six times.

The arrival of Vinicius Tobias in the middle of the season has been possible thanks to the transitory modifications that FIFA has carried out in its Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players so that footballers who played for clubs in Russia and Ukraine could look for a new team. This extraordinary transfer window is open for one month, from March 7 to April 7. Each club can incorporate a maximum of two footballers taking advantage of this exceptional FIFA measure.