Zidane has been criticised after the elimination at the hands of Manchester City. The Frenchman took too long to react despite being behind, he did not start Fede Valverde and did not even play Vinicius.
The Brazilian winger has spent the last few months focussing on this part of the season. However, Zidane has made clear that he prefers an average and not fully fit Hazard to Vinicius. Vinicius caused City problems in the first leg.
The could not understand why he was on the bench, but not even warming up was a huge blow for Vinicius, who saw how Real Madrid's campaign ending at the Etihad without him getting a chance to play.
Despite Hazard's injuries and Vinicius' good performances, the latter has started just 17 times this season. Very few games for one of the club's most dangerous attackers.
'Marca' are reporting that PSG are interested in persuading Vinicius to leave Madrid where he is not getting regular game time. They want him to go to PSG either on a transfer or on loan.
Real Madrid apparently do not want to let him go, but two big Premier League sides are also after Vinicius. There is the feeling that Zidane does not trust him.
It is true that Vinicius has to improve a lot of areas of his game, but he has a very bright future. He was key to RM beating Barca at the Bernabeu and he caused problems v City in the first leg, but Vinicius does not know what he has to do to start more games.