Endrick's future at Real Madrid is up in the air after Jose Mourinho asked for the signings of Yan Diomande and Carlos Espi, with the latter replacing Gonzalo Garcia after the prospect joined forces with Alvaro Arbeloa at Fulham.
At the beginning of the transfer window, it seemed like Mou had plans to make Endrick important, but, now, the word from the Spanish press is that he is expendable this season and will not have enough minutes. It looks like he is going to have to go out on loan again after already proving himself over six months at Lyon.
But there is no guarantee he goes. Endrick is the only left footed forward profile at Real Madrid and is lightning in a bottle with his talent. Here is how Jose could fit the Brazilian international into his XI this season, assuming everyone is healthy.
GK Thibaut Courtois
LB Marc Cucurella
CB Eder Militao
CB Ibrahima Konate
RB Trent Alexander Arnold
Nothing about the defense needs to change with Endrick in the lineup. The argument could be made that because Endrick isn't a box presence, Denzel Dumfries could make more sense for aggressive overlapping runs from right back, but Trent's playmaking from deep actually lends itself even better for Endrick with those through balls on the counter.
DM Rodri
DM Aurelien Tchouameni
AM Jude Bellingham
Shifting the midfield around to accommodate Endrick makes sense, because the Brazilian youngster really likes to present from the front, so taking advantage of that with wingers who like to press and a No. 10 who presses in Jude Bellingham can take full advantage of easy errors to quickly "playmake" for Endrick by winning the ball back.
Then behind a pressing quartet, it makes sense to utilize both Aurelien Tchouameni and Rodri to hold down the fort defensively and control games as extra men, allowing for Trent to be more aggressive in coming up as almost a third midfield playmaker while Rodri looks to spread the ball wide or come up and shoot when Jude crashes the box.
LW Vinicius Junior
CF Endrick
RW Rodrygo Goes
An all Brazilian front three sounds like the best way to boost morale and get Endrick working with players he is not only familiar with, but can also fluidly interchange with. Unlike Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior, Endrick and Vini do not clash because Endrick is a left footed player and takes different shooting angles. So that is perfect, and VIni can have both more room to shoot and plenty of chances to get those low crosses in to Endrick.
Meanwhile, when he is healthy, Rodrygo is a great forward partner for Endrick, too. He is not a true right winger, of course, but with a left footer like Endrick, he and his compatriot can exchange positions with Rodrygo sometimes coming into the middle to link up with Jude and Vini for shooting and passing opportunities in the box, while the youngster comes off the right half space to shoot with his left from the edge of the box.
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