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A forward with four league minutes is not short of talent. He is short of a team that will play him.
Loans get discussed when a promise of chances does not survive the first month. The parent club still decides who is allowed to ask.
Roma can offer a starting shirt. A title challenger has to explain where the minutes come from.
Real Madrid are increasingly open to letting Endrick leave on loan in January if his lack of football continues, CaughtOffside reports. Arsenal have been linked again and are said to be keen on exploring a deal as his representatives prepare to talk to Madrid.
The 20-year-old has managed four La Liga minutes since returning from last season’s loan at Lyon. José Mourinho personally convinced him to stay in the summer after promising opportunities. Those chances have been hard to find behind Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior. Roma, who came close in the summer, remain interested.
The Lyon spell is the case for another temporary move. Regular football there rebuilt his momentum enough to make Brazil’s World Cup squad. He started for Brazil against Australia during this break.
Arsenal tested Madrid’s position before and were turned away while Mourinho wanted to keep him. The shift, if the report holds, is that another loan is now seen as better for his development than another half-season on the bench.
That does not make him a January signing. Bournemouth have already said they will not sell Eli Junior Kroupi this winter. A loan is a different conversation, and still one Madrid control. No fee or obligation has been published.
Arteta’s attack is the reason the name keeps appearing. Kai Havertz is back at London Colney with a suspected hamstring. Viktor Gyokeres has scored twice for Sweden and is still waiting for a Premier League start. The club sold Gabriel Martinelli, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Jesus and signed Christos Tzolis. Fabrizio Romano has said a new striker is more likely in summer 2027 than this window.
Endrick would not arrive as the automatic nine. He would arrive as a development forward who needs games. Roma can probably promise those more clearly. Arsenal would have to convince Madrid that a squad already debating its strikers can find him enough of them.
Compared with August, a loan is more realistic. It is not agreed. Until Madrid name a list of clubs and a guarantee of minutes, he stays a Bernabéu substitute who started for Brazil and has barely started in Spain.