Endrick faces new Real Madrid loan exit in January
Still without a minute this season and overtaken by Carlos Espi, Endrick could leave the Bernabeu again, with Liverpool touted as a destination.
Endrick has yet to play a single minute for Real Madrid this season, and the club is already weighing a second straight January loan for the 20-year-old Brazilian.
He returned from a productive spell at Lyon expecting a bigger role under Carlo Ancelotti. Instead, an injury picked up in the final days of pre-season delayed his return, and even with medical clearance granted last week he still has not featured. Andriy Lunin is the only other Madrid player without an appearance this term.
The bigger problem is the queue ahead of him. Kylian Mbappe and summer signing Joselu, who arrived from Espanyol, are both preferred at striker, while Arda Guler has taken the right-wing role Endrick might otherwise compete for, with Brahim Diaz also in that mix. Joselu overtaking him in the pecking order after barely a month has sharpened the question of whether he needs to leave again to play regularly.
Madrid blocked a January exit last season and again resisted a sale in the summer, with Ancelotti keen to keep him as squad cover. According to Defensa Central, that stance could shift: the club plans to reassess his situation before the winter window opens, and Liverpool have been mentioned as a possible destination for a loan.
If Madrid do sanction another loan, it would repeat the pattern of a year ago, when Endrick left in January for Lyon rather than fight for minutes at the Bernabeu.
About this article
Prepared by the newsroom with algorithmic assistance and checked against sources