Transferred from Palmeiras to Real Madrid when he turned 18, in July 2024, for an amount between 60 and 70 million euros, Endrick has not yet found his place in the White House. Despite encouraging outings under Carlo Ancelotti last season, the young Brazilian international with 14 caps has not yet convinced his new coach, Xabi Alonso.
Hampered by a hamstring injury last spring, the prodigy missed the start of the season but has remained confined to the substitutes' bench – without a single minute of play to his credit – since his return from the infirmary in mid-September. The situation is so critical for the boy that a loan is clearly being considered this winter.
According to the TV show dedicated to Spanish football El Chiringuito, OM are among the most insistent suitors for the 19-year-old left-hander. Information relayed in recent hours by the Brazilian sports daily Lance!, not without questioning the opportunity for the phenomenon to join Ligue 1.
An offensive reinforcement necessary for OM?
Already during the summer transfer window, rumor had given Endrick contacts with the Olympian management embodied by Pablo Longoria and Medhi Benatia. A priori unfounded. In view of the sporting impasse in which Auriverde finds itself today, the question of a new challenge to take up concerning it certainly arises.
African Cup of Nations requires, OM could experience a delicate start to the year, deprived on the offensive of elements such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Amine Gouiri and Hamed Traoré. With the addition of the Champions Trophy to be played against PSG in Kuwait on January 8. A reinforcement in attack would therefore not be a luxury. But at what cost? During the off-season, on the other side of the Pyrenees, a paying loan of 5 million euros was mentioned for the Seleçao crack, with full coverage of the player's salary by his new club – namely approximately 400,000 euros gross monthly.
