Brazil have included 17-year-old Endrick, anticipated to be a celebrity of the longer term, of their squad for this month’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers in opposition to Colombia and Argentina.
Endrick has solely beforehand represented his nation at Below-17 stage however is one in every of 5 uncapped gamers named within the November squad by interim head coach Fernando Diniz. The others are Brighton ahead Joao Pedro, Porto’s Pepe and fellow Brazil-based pair Paulinho and Nino.
In-form Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz can also be again within the fold for the primary time since 2021.
Endrick has simply reached the tip of his first full yr within the Palmeiras first-team, which noticed him rating 11 occasions in 47 appearances throughout all competitions and assist the membership to the Copa Libertadores semi-finals. He solely celebrated his seventeenth birthday in July.
In fact, the rising prodigy is already globally well-known because of his pre-arranged switch to Actual Madrid. On the finish of final yr, the Spanish giants signed off a cope with Palmeiras price as much as €72m (£62.5m) in whole for a participant who was simply 16 on the time.
Below FIFA’s guidelines relating to worldwide transfers, Endrick just isn’t capable of make the transfer to Spain till he turns 18 in the summertime of 2024. It was a switch that mirrored Madrid’s €46m seize of Vinicius Junior from Flamengo in Could 2017 when he was additionally simply 16. Rodrygo’s €45m switch from Santos was one other related deal, organized and secured when the participant was 17.
Each Vinicius and Rodrygo, who’re additionally a part of the Brazil squad for the upcoming video games alongside their younger future clubmate, have gone on to develop into Actual Madrid superstars within the years since turning 18 and relocating to Spain, that means there’s excessive hope for Endrick to observe go well with.
Certainly, in 90min’s Soccer Supervisor 2024 simulation of the subsequent ten years, Endrick was runner-up within the 2032 Ballon d’Or after which went on to win it in 2034 – nonetheless aged simply 28. He was now not a Actual Madrid participant on the time, nevertheless, having joined Manchester United for £124m in 2029.
