Endrick is not hiding from the question any more.
“I just want to play, to be happy and help my team-mates,” the Brazilian told reporters before Real Madrid’s international break. “I don’t know what will happen in January. That’s in God’s hands.”
Football Italia reports that Real Madrid’s asking price now sits above €60m, the same figure the club paid Palmeiras two years ago, and that the board have shifted from treating him as a prized loan asset to one they would let go if a suitor meets the number. The Italian outlet names Roma and Milan as the two most committed Serie A pursuers of the Brazilian.
Mourinho’s summer veto
Both Italian clubs got close to a deal in the previous window. In earlier reporting, Football Italia set out that a Roma loan had been all but finalised before José Mourinho intervened and persuaded Endrick to stay at the Santiago Bernabéu. The manager’s reward has been months of a public debate about why the Brazilian is not playing.
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Endrick has started one competitive match this season. According to BeIN Sports, he has racked up 140 minutes across seven appearances and a single goal.
Arsenal are also in the race
The queue is not limited to Italy. Yahoo reported in October that Arsenal have made contact through Endrick’s representatives, with sporting director Andrea Berta’s relationship with the player’s camp flagged as a factor in London’s favour. Sporting CP have also been mentioned in several recent transfer reports.
Every one of those suitors runs into the same wall. Real Madrid prefer a sale to a loan, and that is the structural change in this window: in the summer Endrick was a loan negotiation; in November he is a transfer fee.
Lyon as the reference point
Endrick’s camp has a recent template to point to. His January-to-June 2026 loan at Olympique Lyonnais produced 8 goals and 8 assists in 21 competitive matches, a run of form Football Italia has credited with securing his place in Brazil’s World Cup squad under Carlo Ancelotti. The Serie A suitors argue a half-season in Rome or Milan could do the same.
In an October interview flagged by Goal, Endrick put it with less theology than his most recent remarks.
“If I have to leave in January, I’ll leave; if I have to stay, I’ll stay.”
The winter window opens in January. As of now Real Madrid have not confirmed any negotiations with Roma, Milan or Arsenal, and Mourinho has repeated in his press conferences that he wants Endrick to play more rather than leave.
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