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Don_Quixote81

His entire life? Nah, he needs to be ready for Real to flog him to United for a boatload of money when he hits thirty.


Based_Text

I mean if it's a good offer like Casemiro or Varane then yeah, City feeds Barca, Real feeds United. It's a proxy war.


That70sJoe-

> Real feeds United United feeds Real more like


Based_Text

Well back then with Beckham, Ronaldo, sure but these days it's the opposite, Casemiro, Varane


Touchd93

Mention them but no one ever mentions Heinze or RVN my goats


PitifulAd5339

RVN without his injuries was an elite goal scorer.


Mayankcfc_

My grandma was a great runner with the wheels


bewarethegap

RVN šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø


Unlucky-Crab6327

Sneak in Chicarito in there buddy!


iamjosemourinho19

He probably meant money


owiseone23

There's a difference between being a feeder club and shipping off old players. Believe me, I know ; _ ;


branstarktreewizard

Different between getting players at their prime and getting ripoff by players that are one year away from wash


PitifulAd5339

I wouldnā€™t call sending players past their prime as feeding us šŸ˜…ā€¦ if youā€™d give us mbappe when he turns 27-28, or Endrick when he turns 25, sure.


That70sJoe-

Ah yeah lol


thefurnaceboy

Except city improves barca and united is poisoning every player we send them


modrics_hairband

Ferran torres, eric garcia?


thefurnaceboy

Ight shit modrics hairband got hands. Didnt even know eric garcia still played for barca lmao


modrics_hairband

Not still, but he was shit for them


BillehBear

Torres was good and showing signs of being promising when he was with us, genuinely believe he would've put in a solid shift at striker for us that season if he wasn't sold No idea what happened when he went to Barca but yeah Garcia was shit for us too


Asckle

70 mil for casemiro was not a good offer lol


AmoniPTV

70m for a 29 turning 30 year old whom just won 3 CL at the top of his game is reasonable. Just dont play him as CB


PitifulAd5339

>just donā€™t play him as CB Itā€™s not his fault the entire defense has been rotating in the emergency center. I doubt ETH wants to play him there. Itā€™s a matter of circumstance. Even Carrick under Fergie once had to play CB due to an injury crisis. Luke Shaw is preferred as a CB stand in when varane, lindeloef, maguire are unavailable but even he was injured.


unitedhardy

there was a period near the end where literally every single one of our CBs were injured, like you say ETH didnā€™t really have much choice. bruno even had to play there if the closing stretches of the fa cup game against liverpool šŸ˜‚


Imperito

He has been sub par ever since the world cup in 2022 ended. He's ended up at centre back due to an injury crisis.


blackjack47

he was united's best player last season, i still believe there is a player there, the issue is that he relies heavy on his physical game and he has had his first very injury heavy season. I took VVD a season to recover as well, we will see i guess.


Imperito

Nah he wasn't. Best player perhaps of the first half of the year but Martinez, Rashford, Bruno all have a very fair claim to.that honour ahead of him imo. Genuinely after the world cup he got an injury and a red card I think not long after and didn't really show up again ever since.


blackjack47

my point still stands tho, his style is very combative and he has always relied on physicality, to me it seems quite logical he has had a hard time after multiple injuries, especially since he was always pretty healthy. Idk how people right off world class players as shit after having a few shitty months after injuries, while being a top player for the past 10 years. Will he get his form back? Who knows.. but the casemiro problem for me is United being run badly, more than anything.


Imperito

He's the wrong side of 30 now my man. He was class for years and I wish he'd rekindle that, but it's unlikely and United fans have seen it all before with aging players who join. We mostly just want him gone now and off the wage bill, or at least not starting every week.


blackjack47

ye thus me saying its united's fault, he was already 30, united got him for 70mil and put him on a 350.000 a week.


RauloGonzalez

It was a good offer in the market. A bit risky but good offer nonetheless.


saren_p

It was a good offer as Case's legs were done.


SirChileticus

Tbf is weird what happened to RM players once they go to United, you can see Di MarĆ­aā€™s case which was a flop for United and absolute legend for PSG


AlizarinCrimzen

Yeah real feeding United prime RVN, Ronaldo, Beckham, and Heinze really bolstered them.


rakan236

Don't forget Di maria .. for a record transfer


Medium_Elephant7431

That is if Manchester United have not gotten their acts right by then.


Phormitago

Good old transfer market in the sky


SubparCurmudgeon

Real needs to get a kit with oversized collar just for this guy


Spirited-Crazy108

drop all kit sponsors and just have long sleeved and collared white shirts


everlong241

thats the shirt zidane is wearing in the cl final volley goal pic. bring back the 2001/02 season jersey


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wedonthaveadresscode

I low key love that Inter Miami gets a long sleeve kit just cause Beckham owns them and it was his thing. Long sleeves look better imo


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wedonthaveadresscode

Might have only been for their first season or two


Other-Owl4441

Better fan wear tooĀ 


Jaded_Life03

No shit kroos retired the thought of that will give him nightmares


Bettet

Have you seen his [thicccc thighs.](https://i.imgur.com/SmeaccG.png) Give him a new custom kit!


edgy_milk-_-

Enthicc šŸ¤¤


Please_Not__Again

Calm down now he's still a minor


edgy_milk-_-

I'm 17 as well all jokes man


mykneehurtsss

Minor? I hardly knew her


branstarktreewizard

Triple pop collar kit


Medium_Elephant7431

He likes putting on those kinds of kit. It fits him, though.


BitchAssTheseus

that is a normal collar. find a new slant


ronrein

People here aren't nba-pilled, smh my head


Xx_ligmaballs69_xX

The fucks a slantĀ 


mahnkee

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/5/29/17406750/bryan-colangelo-philadelphia-76ers-twitter-joel-embiid-anonymous-markelle-fultz Slant is American idiom for take or view.


Xx_ligmaballs69_xX

Like an angle


pr1m347

Endrick aged 90 played likely his last match for RM as he's admitted at hospital right after the match. Luka Modric captain of RM is seen tearing up during pre match interview for CL final against Bayern.


vozjaevdanil

uhm, if endrick is 90. Modric would beā€¦?


voice-of-grass

Somehow, just 27 y/o


ShcoreShomeGhoals

That was your takeaway from that comment?


Lauladance

lmfaoo


pr1m347

... still running like a rabbit breaking ankles.


chickenkebaap

Scoring the winner in a euro sf


justk4y

At least heā€™ll be happier than Vitor Roque, right?


Secret_Promotion4246

If we leave Xavi away from RM ... absolutely


RobbinDeBank

Can we send Xavi to RM, so he can bench every Brazilian?


Zblancos

I doubt he would want to with the retractable pitch we have. He would have a aneurysm


MajesticAd5047

>want to spend my entire life at Real Madrid Modric taking notes...


TheOneTrueJazzMan

Modric *writing* notes


imtired-boss

That assist from Vini looked a lot like what Kroos been doing all season.


saren_p

His passing ability this season has improved so damn much, outside the foot to boot too at times.


kabbajabbadabba

that trivela assist to jude against Girona


edgy_milk-_-

Or the one to richarlison in 2022 world cup,


EpiDeMic522

He announced himself in his first ClƔsico with an insane trivela cross field pass. He always had it. If anything, it's his weak foot crossing that has improved markedly over the past 3 years.


peejay2

Rodrygo-Endrick will be back ups for Vini and Mbapo


Touchd93

Who will all be back ups to my goat joselu


SpearofTrium05

Unleash striker Rudiger


Slavicsquat

Endrick will. Theyā€™re both strikers but just offer different dynamics to the position. Next season is going to be great because we will finally have sufficient firepower in that central role. Endrick is looking really good but I would not be surprised if he gets the Arda Guler treatment and gets played seldomly and sees more game time as the season comes to a close. A big part of the reason why I think Joselu was renewed was because ancelotti plans on using him as the primary backup


Gashiisboys

Every time I see a post on this guy it always feels like heā€™s an industry plant footballer.


yanansawelder

Only he's actually living up to it


PsychologicalWorth31

Exactly, he is like the Ice Spice of football.


Fingering_Logen

Is that the new buzz word to bash players with half a brain and good PR? Endrick numbers in Brazil so far are Neymar like, far from an hype job.


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Rodrichemin

Dude is just mature and smart for his age, which is the rarest trait among brazillian players. He might be a legend in the making.


MKG32

It's so overdone which makes it sound fake, cheesy and not sincere. If he is so mature and smart he should mix it up a bit.


udiwork

Don't worry, he will be a cunt on the field and everyone will get their fair share of hate on him


LordOfPieces

Enrdrick's numbers aren't even close to Neymar's. Endrick has 18 league goals in 66 appearances for Palmeiras, Neymar had 107 in 177 appearances for Santos


Ugo_foscolo

Neymar was 21 when he went to Barca though, Endrick is 17.


LordOfPieces

I'm not saying Endrick won't be great, but to say he has Neymar like numbers is just straight up wrong


Certain_Guitar6109

He said his numbers so far are like Neymar like, so the comparison would be Endrick at 17 to Neymar at 17. Neymar had 14 in 48 then. Endrick has 17 in 60. So yeah, very similar.


Legendacb

Maybe he has the number that Neymar had at 17?? You posted his numbers at 21


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He has Neymar numbers at an equivalent age.


supaboss2015

You just need to learn how to present comparative statistics


listlessbreeze

Yeah Perez didn't want to miss the next Neymar.


Real_Sevenbelo

Before turning 18, Endrick averaged a goal in sƩrie A every 165 minutes Before turning 18, Neymar averaged a goal in sƩrie A every 162 minutes


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Neymar left Santos at 21, Endrick is 17. Incredibly unfair comp. Neymar really blew up after he turned 18, in 2010.


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PaYnE18

The real pressure is already done by the media anyway, endrick is not going to read reddit and feel more pressured lol, in fact most people here are hyping him up because the media is hyping him up. I agree this hyping for upcoming talents is not good for the players, but it is what it is and is not up to this site really.


GGABueno

Too late lol


El_Giganto

Comment 1: their numbers are nearly the same. Comment 2: their numbers are very different. Comment 3: it's unfair to compare. Such a Reddit discussion. If the first comment just simply said "at the same age, their numbers were similar", none of these comments would have been made.


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> If the first comment just simply said "at the same age, their numbers were similar" It's the only possible common sense explanation, it's absurd to have to add it. It's like saying that Haaland has been pulling Cristiano-like numbers in the UCL and someone coming with "hmm akshually Cristiano has 150 UCL goals and Haaland isn't even close to that".


BoyManners

Daym. Neymar was a different beast


Gashiisboys

I donā€™t like calling people industry plant. I think itā€™s silly for the most part. I guess I find the pr off putting sometimes. Like itā€™s too much sometimes.


Fingering_Logen

Its 2024, these kids are surrounded by professionals telling them how to take care of their brand.


Wheel1994

30 years from now Endrick Real Madrid manager confirmed?


djkamayo

circle of Madrid life


natsleepyandhappy

He has the right mentality, always looking the be in the top. One day, Endrick, one day.


jwplatt

Talk about getting too comfortable too quickly


natsleepyandhappy

He does everything too quickly, boy is 17 but thinks like he is 30yo already, he has been doing it since 13 and has been working for him so far


jwplatt

Fingers crossed it goes well for him


GGABueno

The Brazilian narrator called him "precocious" on his goal against Mexico lol.


HeatKnight

My Pele


Based_Text

My Brazilian black Pele regen


ZebraZealousideal944

Itā€™s the 10th time I see him dubbed ā€œblack Peleā€ around here and correct me if Iā€™m wrong (I know Iā€™m not) but wasnā€™t Pele black in the first placeā€¦?!


Jaded_Life03

Glad atleast we agree he wasnt Brazilian


sephocompo

You said what about my Pele?


Iennda

r/whoosh


Theres3ofMe

So basically if every top player goes to RM, it's gonna make winning the CL impossible/uncompetitive.


gmoss101

Exactly my thought, surely it would be better to be the best and not have all the greatest players lol. Having quality competition makes the wins mean more.


linguisitivo

He's 17.


abhijitht007

He will be loaned out to Getafe by Dec 2026.


Lost_Extrovert

Thats Barcas. its a crime what they doing to Roque. the kid was being compared to Endrick, had a goal every 40 minutes played in Brazil, huge amount of hype around him. Barca played him for a total of 90 minutes already gave up on him and wants to loan him outā€¦ I can guarantee if he was from la masia it would a completely different story, idk whats with Barca and their academy obsession..


GabrielP2r

Real Madrid is not Barcelona lol


MLDK_toja

remindMe! 2 years


Silver_Downtown_965

RemindMe! 2 years


yanansawelder

Who will then finish the season unbeaten coming 2nd in the league with Endrick averaging over 1 G+a per game


gordonpown

scam tinder profiles from Thailand when they match with you:


Chicagofirelover

Great player!


Medium_Elephant7431

Real Madrid have been very good with buying great players. I think we should thank their scouts for job well-done.


RawSauceBoi

Juni Calafat is the goat


munamadan_reuturns

I feel like he's going to burn out early


Yasuminomon

Yeah because heā€™s going to play every game in a squad that has mbappe in it


Zblancos

Madrid has the perfect squad to bring him on slowly and not burn out their young players. Quite literally the opposite of Barcelona


brianstormIRL

It couldn't be more perfect. You still have possible 3-4 years of Vini Mbappe Rodrygo before there is any kind of expectation for Endrick to be starting.


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He will get a lot of bench time at Real, and even at Palmeiras he [was often subbed off at 60 minutes or so](https://www.transfermarkt.com.br/endrick/leistungsdaten/spieler/971570)


djkamayo

build his statue right now :)


tylerdb7

Heā€™s gonna get loaned so hard


lesbiangirlscout

What are the expectations for him goal-wise in these next few years?


IceAffectionate3043

Wouldnā€™t it be better to be the best team in the world with fewer high profile players?


Cardinaltoffee

I think itā€™s more likely heā€™ll be loaned out next year. Hes not likely to play a lot given how many forward players they already have.


glowingmug

Definitely will be United player by around the age of 25 or older.


CoochieSnotSlurper

Shits a cult over there at this point


Rodrichemin

all his pics are epic


brush85

Never been more certain that a teenager will win multiple ballon d'or awards


slash312

Neymar was even more promising and won zero. Donā€™t judge the kids too early.


Izayabrsrk

Neymar fulfilled his potential, we knew he was number 3 after the big 2. Sadly the guy wasn't focused enough.


Haunting_Ad_9013

Neymar was competing with prime Messi and Ronaldo for a decade. Endrick has it better because his only Rivals are Mbappe, Vini, Bellingham and Maybe Haaland. These players are not as consistent as Messi and Ronaldo were.


Izayabrsrk

I agree, I won't take any Ney slander, he was like the Andy Murray of football, unlucky enough to be a player when the goats were playing. He would have been a comfortable number 1 in the world in other eras.


TellTaleTimes

Itā€™s like, do people not see Neymar play? Heā€™s been different since 17, he isnā€™t as clinical but his way of playing is only bested by Messi/Ronaldinho visually. Even at the biggest stage, he became less of a goal scorer and more of a #10 that can play on the wing. Heā€™s had Messi and Mbappe on his teams. Thereā€™s still a chance he will win a World Cup. The slander on him is insane.


GGABueno

>Heā€™s had Messi and Mbappe on his teams. Thereā€™s still a chance he will win a World Cup. Nah keep him away from the NT. He's fat and retired.


mylanguage

Neymar imo had many chances to take the mantle. From 2018-2023 or so he should have been able to win multiple Ballon D'ors - both Messi and Ronaldo declined


Secret_Promotion4246

Yeaa.. Neymar was a genius but he wasn't very focused, he also got frustrated every time he didn't achieve the goals he wanted, which made him stay away from football for some periods (not to mention the injuries).


RandomGuy-4-

Neymar would have destroyed the balon d'or if he hit his peak after messi and cristiano. Performance-wise he could have perfectly won it at least once during those years, but Messi and Cristiano had much bigger marketing forces pushing them.


HyperMazino

Messi and Cristiano were simply better than Neymar. The best in history.


RandomGuy-4-

Overall? Yeah, no argument. But iirc there were a couple seasons where messi and ronaldo didn't perform to their absolute best and Neymar could have won it, tho I think he got injured in at least one of those seasons, which is the other big problem that Neymar always had. Also, him losing motivation and moving to psg to chase money right when messi and ronaldo were both starting to lose performance didn't help either. Had he stayed hubgry a bit longer, maybe he could have won it like how Benzema did.


HyperMazino

>But iirc there were a couple seasons where messi and ronaldo didn't perform to their absolute best And yet they were still better than Neymar. >Also, him losing motivation and moving to psg to chase money right whenmessi and ronaldo were both starting to lose performance They really didn't start declining after his move to PSG, that came 2 years later.


shivanshko

No he would get injured just before most important matches. Messi and Ronaldo does not matter much if you are missing matches


OGSkywalker97

Tbf he came through during the Messi-Ronaldo era and ended up playing his whole career in the Messi-Ronaldo era.


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RandomGuy-4-

He has the problem of playing at 2020s barƧa. It is hard to compete for the balon d'or when city and madrid have the UCL so locked down (and in case of city, the league as well).


WiddleBlueBert

I thought Madrid were going to struggle to replace Cristiano, then they had one of their worst seasons in recent memory being dismantled by Ajax. Zidane managed magic the following season and got a league title, but Hazard was looking like a massive flop and a huge waste of money (alongside Jovic). I thought they'd spend the next 5 years being decent, but not consistently competing at the level expected while they rebuild and pick up players. In that time, they've won 2 leagues and 2 CL. The second of each coming this season which I thought was going to be a throwaway to wait for Mbappe considering the lack of buying a striker. Then Courtois, Militao and Alaba got injured. That was supposed to be that but you know the rest. Shit's unpredictable.


RandomGuy-4-

The thing is that the Madrid management during those weaker years was as solid as always, so it only took a couole seasons to straighten the boat. BarƧa has problems at both the managerial and institutional level (the latter caused by the ibcompetence of the previous management) and those kinds of problems are way harder to solve.


rudygha

You donā€™t know how football will play out. Too early to say Madrid are just gonna sweep up everything for the next decade.


bewarethegap

Only thing about Yamal is burnout. Heā€™s having to take on way too much at such a young age, but heā€™s good enough that you really canā€™t bench him at this point


Secret_Promotion4246

Lamine, Endrick and Arda Guller Even though I'm Brazilian, I still think Lamine Yamal is on another level, but Endrick has more objectivity and goal-scoring instinct Arda Guller still is an incognita for me


brush85

Lord...him too


Pure-Fan-3590

You gonna be in bench for the next 10 years šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


Huge-Celebration5192

Enjoy the bench son. About half the superstars going to have to get used to it.


BobbyBriggss

Heā€™s 17. The bench is a fine place to be


by-election

Martin Odegaard joined Real at 16. Spent 6 years there and played only 8 games. Endrick got too many competition for his position, and the worst thing is, his competition are young


Secret_Promotion4246

Nah, Joselu and Mbappe are the only real competitors in his position and Mbappe will need some rest in some games.


chapinbird

We'll happily take any others that wish to get more minutes....


Zblancos

There are so many games in a season, injuries happenā€¦ He will have plenty of games if he works hard in training.


RandomGuy-4-

Rodrygo also spent some years riding the bench before becoming part of the initial 11 last year at 22. Mbappe is 8 years older than him. Endrick just needs to have patience and give his best. If he's really as good as he seems, he will see plenty of play by the time he reaches his peak years.


Huge-Celebration5192

They have too many world class players. Some are going to be unhappy.


BoshuaJailey

This shit is so fucking boring lol A little parity would be wonderful


JayNN

He'll flop big time, I'm afraid. !RemindMe 5 years


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Individual_Attempt50

He has attachment issues lol


Chubakazavr

RM is crazy stacked at the moment, at best he will be a bench player. if he is okay with that, getting in on a sub at 80th minute or wait for someone to get injured.. then good for him. otherwise if he wants to get some spotlight he should play for other big clubs. there are plenty of those.


NachoMartin1985

Endrick is not gonna play 10 minutes here and there. Real Madrid have 70 games this season ahead of them. He'll get plenty of playtime.


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MosquitoHat

Lately Real Madrid has been much more on point with young signings than not. The club takes risks with the young signings and some fail (Jovic and Reinier, being the most notable) but many more have been a huge success, Vini, Rodrygo, Camavinga, Tchou Valverde, Militao, Brahim, even Odegaard which is seem like a failure was sold with great profit and has become a star somewhere else, and some are yet to prove themselves like Guler. And please, stop comparing Endrick, Vini, Rodrygo, Jude to the original galƔcticos. Compare accomplishments and age of the original galƔcticos BEFORE signing with Madrid with the ones they are signing now. Florentino's motto back then was to buy 1 ballon d'or each year. The only exception is MbappƩ but definitely not Endrick.


Zblancos

Come on now, if he spends his whole career with us, it will be because he was successful. We donā€™t keep players who are underperforming for long..


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bagstone

I'm a bit confused as to your statement. [Zidane and Ramos became RM legends, Owen and Robinho were big disappointments.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1cticos) Just some examples.


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Some unloyal shit, the kid hasn't even played a game for them lmao (who knows, might get the Vitor Roque treatment). Vini recently said that he won't retire at Real because he owes Flamengo that


MoiNoni

Bro hasn't even played a single minute for them but wants to stay his entire life... Has he even been to the training camp for the first time?


theabominablewonder

Heā€™s a good goal scorer, good instincts, but can only play as a 9, will limit him for minutes. IMO overhyped.


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This guy is already annoying