Overview
- Mourinho personally blocked summer loan and sale offers and publicly said he wanted to work with Endrick, keeping the forward at the club over the transfer window.
- Endrick missed the start of the season with a muscle problem and Mourinho has said any early returns will be tightly managed, with appearances likely limited to five to ten minutes at first.
- Real Madrid’s crowded attack, led by Kylian Mbappé and reinforced by the in‑form Carlos Espi plus Vinícius Júnior, Yan Diomandé, Arda Güler and Brahim Díaz, has narrowed Endrick’s immediate route into the starting XI.
- The club will reassess his situation before the January window and has not ruled out another loan, and media reports link interest from teams such as Liverpool, AC Milan and Roma as possible options.
- Endrick arrives at this crossroads after a productive 2025–26 loan at Lyon, where he scored eight goals and provided eight assists in 21 matches, and the outcome will shape his development and market value going forward.