Real Madrid sign teenage Brazilian starlet Endrick
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Palmeiras v America Mineiro - Allianz Parque, Sao Paulo, Brazil - November 9, 2022 Palmeiras' Endrick celebrates with the trophy after winning the Brasileiro Championship REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo
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Teenage Brazilian
talent Endrick will join Real Madrid in July 2024 for an undisclosed sum, his
Sao Paulo-based club Palmeiras announced on Thursday.
According to
Brazilian press reports, Real are due to pay 70 million euros ($75million) for
the 16-year-old forward, considered one of the brightest prospects in world
football.
"Palmeiras,
Real Madrid and representatives for the striker have agreed this Thursday
(15th) the player's transfer to the Spanish club in July 2024, when he will be
18," said the Brazilian club on Twitter, adding that the financial details
were confidential.
He will thus
become the third Brazilian teenage forward in recent years to sign for Real
while still a minor, only to then join the Spanish giants after turning 18 in
order to comply with international transfer rules stipulated by world governing
body FIFA.
Vinicius
Junior, now 22, signed for Real in 2017 before joining the club a year later,
while Rodrygo, 21, put pen to paper in 2018 before heading across the Atlantic
the following year.
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