Endrick\u2019s quest for some actual playing time has led to the confirmation of a six-month loan spell at French side Olympique Lyonnais for the second half of the 2025\u201326 campaign.<\/p>\n
The Brazilian prodigy has endured seven tough months since pulling up with a hamstring injury in May. Endrick suffered a relapse<\/a> of the muscular issue over the summer, missing the entirety of the Club World Cup and the opening month of the current domestic campaign.<\/p>\n Once he proved himself to be fit enough to make a matchday squad, the stocky striker struggled to earn any playing time. Xabi Alonso handed the 19-year-old three appearances, only one of which lasted longer than 11 minutes\u2014and that was against third-tier Talavera<\/a>.<\/p>\n FREE NEWSLETTER. New SI FC Newsletter Global Embed. Sign Up to Get Informed With SI FC. dark<\/p>\n Endrick robbed himself of any late farewell when he managed to earn a red card for dissent while sat on the bench for the duration of this month\u2019s 2\u20130 defeat to Celta Vigo. <\/p>\n This uneasy spell in the Spanish capital has been temporarily curtailed by what all involved will hope to be a rejuvenating move to Lyon.<\/p>\n It’s tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime … \ud83c\udfa4\ud83c\udf81<\/p>\n Cette ann\u00e9e No\u00ebl tombe le 23 d\u00e9cembre \ud83c\udf85 pic.twitter.com\/Ea40yu2mbB<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) December 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Ligue 1 club revealed on Tuesday that Christmas had come early. Endrick will be a Lyon player from Dec. 29 until the end of the campaign on a paid loan which will cost the French outfit a maximum of \u20ac1 million ($1.2 million).<\/p>\n Endrick, who will wear the No. 9 shirt in France just as he did in Madrid, still has a contract with the Spanish giants until 2030. When he was plucked out of Palmeiras\u2019 side as a fresh-faced 18-year-old 18 months ago, Madrid<\/a> were thinking about the long term.<\/p>\n