Endrick is not promising anything about where he will be playing in January.
“I don’t know what will happen in January; that is in God’s hands,” the 20-year-old told Brazilian broadcaster Globo from Brazil’s training camp on Tuesday. He has been limited to 141 minutes across seven appearances in all competitions this season at Real Madrid, with just one start.
‘Every day he asks about my life’
What stood out from the interview was not the January ambiguity, but the warmth with which Endrick spoke about Jose Mourinho, the Portuguese manager who has been in charge at the Bernabeu since the summer.
“I have great faith in Mourinho. Every day he contacts me, not to discuss football, but to inquire about my personal life,” Endrick told Globo.
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He added that Mourinho’s personal attention was making him want to give more for the club, even as he is rarely on the pitch.
Mourinho wants Ancelotti to play him
The sentiment is reciprocated in public. After Real Madrid’s recent 3-0 win over Valencia, Mourinho made an unusually open appeal to Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti.
“My opinion is clear, I want Endrick to play,” Mourinho said, according to Goal. “If Ancelotti fields him during the upcoming international break, I will be happy.”
Goal also reported that Mourinho blocked a Roma loan for Endrick in the summer. The Brazilian is currently behind Kylian Mbappé and summer signings Carlos Espí and Yan Diomande in the attacking rotation, with his 141 minutes split into 85 in La Liga and 56 in the Champions League, plus one goal and one assist.
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During a loan spell at Olympique Lyonnais last season, Endrick registered 8 goals and 8 assists in 21 matches.
Roma and Milan still circling
The interest in Endrick has not gone away. AC Milan have been monitoring his situation ahead of January, with Roma, who tried in the summer, reportedly still in the picture.
Endrick himself told Globo that his most meaningful minutes this season had come against Roma and AEK Athens, and that beyond those outings he had been used in cameos of five to ten minutes.
The January transfer window opens in less than two months.
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