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Endrick is the next big name of Brazilian football.
The 18-year-old striker made headlines in 2022 when Real Madrid announced that they’d sign him when he turned 18.
That wasn’t what caught people’s attention.
Madrid agreed to pay Palmeiras €60 million plus €12 million in addons.
At that time, he’d only played a handful of matches having made his first team debut only two months earlier.
So to say that he’s been marked as special is an understatement.
Los Blancos and the footballing world believe that they’ve pulled off a coup to land the player at that price. They believe that his value will explode in the coming years when he takes the game by storm.
Endrick has made headlines this week as he made his long awaited debut for Real.
He played in the 1-0 debut to AC Milan in a pre-season friendly a couple of days ago.
That’s not the only reason that he’s made headlines.
Endrick namedrops United legends
Endrick was speaking to a presenter when he was asked who will football idols were.
And he named two.
Both of whom are Manchester United legends.
The first name that Endrick named was Cristiano Ronaldo.
This is not a surprise.
Ronaldo is a former Real Madrid and Manchester United legend and one of the greatest players of all-time.
The other was slightly more surprising.
Endrick named former England and Manchester United player Sir Bobby Charlton.
Some might remember that the striker paid tribute to Sir Bobby when he scored his first international goal for Brazil against England at Wembley earlier this year.
Endrick became the youngest goalscorer in Wembley history on that day, but he ensured that he paid homage to the late, great United midfielder.
It seems that Endrick definitely has some of that United influence in his game if he’s idolising the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Sir Bobby Charlton.
Bobby Charlton ser ídolo de infância é foda pic.twitter.com/COtNQrrFwM
— Ele é ruim ou é esquema de aposta? (@Esquemafut) August 3, 2024
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