Three seasons ago, in December 2022, the football world melted with praise for the young man Brazilian striker Endrickthen in Palmeiras and 16 years old. It was already known that he would join the powers that be in July 2024, when he was 18 years old Real Madrid in exchange for 72 million euros.
“He is the new Pelé”Some brave people dared to condemn. Many circumstances have occurred since then. Today the footballer is practically without a place in the Merengue club and his tormented face on the substitutes’ bench is a postcard that repeats again and again.
Many are recommending that he leave the White Houseto emigrate to a destination where continuity (and joy) can be achieved. According to different versions, Olympique de Lyon has started talks with Real Madrid to take the 19-year-old striker on loan from January during Europe’s winter market.
Carlo Ancelottiformer Madrid coach, but now in charge of the Brazilian team, did not include him in the nomination in November and also advised him on leaving the white club. “It is important that Endrick plays again. I spoke to him at the beginning of the season. He was injured, but he’s fine now. “He has to think about what is best with those around him, talk to the club and decide what is best for him.”replied the Italian Ancelotti in the Brazilian magazine Tackle.
Although Endrick was inactive for a while due to muscle problems, he has now recovered. However, he doesn’t act, he doesn’t address the thoughts of the Real Madrid coach now being discussed, Xabi Alonso. The young South American He’s only played 11 minutes and had one sending off this season… which also served to protest from the bench. He received a straight red card in the 90th minute for complaints to the fourth referee in the frantic finale of Madrid’s 2-0 defeat to Celta at the Bernabéu on Sunday. He has accumulated just 11 minutes in all competitions, played against Valencia (4-0 for the Whites, on November 1), a far cry from the 848 minutes he played in his first year in the Spanish capital, with seven goals in the 37 games in which Ancelotti used him.
Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa followed in the footsteps of his compatriots Vinicius Jr. And RodrygoAttackers who were recruited by Real Madrid for even younger players for astronomical sums, joining at the age of 18 in accordance with FIFA’s international transfer regulations. At that time he was added to show his creativity, power and boldness.
However, He went out, he became desperate. This year, Endrick was known more for the news of his wedding to model Gabriely Miranda and the romantic photos they posted on their social media than for his football successes. He has completely lost his prominence, which worries the player about the game next world championship: If he continues to play without playing, it is very unlikely that he will be on coach Ancelotti’s final list.
“It’s clear that I would have liked him to have had minutes,” said Xabi Alonso, “but the context of the games has been very close since Endrick recovered (from the muscle injury). He’s training well, he’s prepared, but the moment has to come.”
Furthermore, Real Madrid finds itself in rough waters. Before the Spanish team hosts Manchester City in the Champions League this Wednesday, they have won two of their last seven games. Kylian Mbappé is the only good news at the club, with 25 goals in 21 games he is the top scorer in the league and the champions. Behind them, neither Vinicius nor Rodrygo (or the Argentinian Franco Mastantuono) perform as expected. The context doesn’t help Endrick; On the contrary, it seems to crush him.
In the midst of a situation of apathy and uncertainty, Endrick’s entourage doesn’t cooperate. His father, Douglas Sousa, published a post on Instagram that caused a stir. He used a Bible quote that seemed aimed at both his son and the coaching staff: “He who exalts himself will be humbled; and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” It is not the first time that the footballer father has published posts on social networks: during the last Club World Cup he wrote: “Your star will continue to shine, even if some try to turn off your light.” The concrete thing is, apart from the internal or peripheral opinions of the Merengue club, that Endrick’s current situation is bad and far from the great expectations that he raised in Palmeiras.
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