Recruited at a high price by Real Madrid, Endrick is nevertheless having an irregular season with Palmeiras (8 goals and 1 assist in 42 matches in all competitions). A situation which does not seem to worry Casa Blanca, still as confident about the potential of the young 17-year-old Brazilian crack. In today’s edition A.S. indicates, in this respect, that the Madrid leaders would still be inclined to leave him number 9, left vacant by Benzema, despite the arrival of Joselu during the last summer transfer window.
In this file, the Spanish media also tries to explain Endrick’s current decline, specifying that Real Madrid justifies this by a lack of opportunities. As a reminder, the Brazilian has only started 19 times in 2023 and has often seen his coach Abel Ferreira prefer Rony (28 years old). A choice that may seem strange since Madrid will have to pay 2.5 million euros more to Palmeiras for each series of five goals scored by Endrick before crossing the Atlantic. With currently 8 goals on the clock, the native of Taguatinga is therefore two lengths from 10 goals, or 5 million euros to be released for the Merengues…
