Actual Madrid will all the time see Neymar because the one who received away.
But when latest historical past has taught us something, it is that Los Blancos have taken pains to not let the perfect younger expertise slip via their fingers, with Brazilian and Palmeiras wunderkind Endrick Felipe subsequent of their sights.
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Endrick is simply 16 years previous, however he’s already champion of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Flash again to simply over a decade in the past and Neymar was rising as one in every of soccer’s hottest prospects at Brazilian membership Santos.
Nonetheless, his expertise earned him the 2011 Puskas award, however they ended up at rival Barcelona and, so as to add salt to the injuries, he received virtually every part on supply.
And now they’re transferring quick to forestall issues like this from occurring once more.
The signing of Federico Valverde from Uruguayan facet Peñarol in 2016 proved that Actual Madrid wouldn’t miss out on younger expertise once more. Now 24 years previous, he has performed 168 instances for Actual Madrid since he joined.
A flexible participant recognized for his tempo, stamina and work charge, Valverde has already received two LaLiga titles and one Champions League, being each the long run and the current for Carlo Ancelotti’s facet.
Eduardo Camavinga, 20, is one other instance of one of many younger guarantees that Actual has signed most lately.
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Valverde is a superb instance that the whites study from their errors from Neymar
Having shone at Rennes in his native France the place, at 16 years and 6 months, he turned the youngest participant to play for the primary crew.
Since signing for Los Blancos in 2021 for £34.4m, he has performed 60 video games and presently represents France within the 2022 World Cup, performed 90 minutes within the 1-0 loss to Tunisia and was on the bench for the remaining from Les Bleus. ties.
Camavinga’s worldwide teammate Aurelien Tchouameni is one other star who was signed by Actual after impressing in France.
At 18, he broke into the Bordeaux first crew, earlier than transferring on to Monaco, the place the defensive midfielder helped them end third in Ligue 1 two seasons in a row.
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Camavinga is one other younger star displaying the brilliant way forward for Actual Madrid’s midfield
In the summertime 2022 window, Actual did not danger lacking out, with Liverpool making an attempt to signal him, pounced with a suggestion reportedly rising to £86.7m with further charges included.
However splurging cash has paid off for Los Blancos as they seem like an excellent substitute for Casemiro, who joins Manchester United.
To not point out, he was the person who opened the scoring for his nation with a long-range shot in opposition to England in Qatar 2022.
Actual Madrid have not given up on having rising Brazilian expertise on their books both, with 2022 World Cup stars Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo arriving on the Santiago Bernabéu in 2018.
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Tchouameni confirmed why Actual was proper to signal him in Qatar
Vinicius Jr’s switch price of £38 million made him the second costliest participant in Brazilian soccer historical past, behind Neymar. In the meantime, Rodrygo signed for £33 million.
Now, the Brazilian Endrick may comply with them.
Similar to when Neymar left South America, the 16-year-old Palmeiras striker has the eyes of all of the giants in Europe on him.
And the Spanish giants are presently eyeing a deal for him.
Palmeiras star Endrick has been linked with a number of European giants after his breakout season.
Endrick will flip 18 in the summertime of 2024, the age at which he’ll be capable of formally be a part of Actual’s senior squad.
{The teenager} has already received the Brazilian high flight with Palmeiras in his first season with the senior crew, making his debut in October on the age of 16 years, two months and 16 days.
Endrick has been with the Serie A membership since he was 11 years previous and scored 165 targets in 169 video games for his membership’s youth crew, incomes him a spot within the males’s crew regardless of his age.
He scored his first two targets simply 19 days after his debut in a 3-1 win over Athletico Paranaense, turning into the second-youngest goalscorer in Brazilian first division historical past behind Toninho de Matos.
He might solely be just a few months into his senior profession, however the left-footed striker has already been in comparison with former Actual Madrid striker and Endrick idol Cristiano Ronaldo.
Chatting with Spanish outlet AS, Palmeiras academy director Joao Paulo Sampaio stated: “He has high quality, a robust persona and a champion mentality.
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Endrick might be Brazil’s subsequent massive star
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Ronaldo was a serial winner at Actual and Endrick’s coach says he has an identical mindset to the membership legend.
“In that he appears like Cristiano [Ronaldo]. He trains onerous, is sort and has humility. We love him very a lot as a result of he makes himself liked. He tries to please everybody round him.
“He has every part to be a world star sooner or later.”
Endrick is known to have a launch clause of €60m (£51.6m) in his present contract, that means any crew that indicators {the teenager} must take a big danger.
However Actual Madrid will doubtless proceed to ensure they do not miss out on any extra younger expertise, and so they positively will not need Endrick to be Neymar 2.0.
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