Endrick is a kid who has been in the spotlight in Brazil since he was 11 and has high expectations at 17. I have not been closely following football for very long, and this is the first time I see this. Is that common? Did this media circus happen with Ronaldo, Neymar, Messi, CR7 and other young talents in football who went on to be great? I guess I’m just fearful that this much pressure on a kid might mean he doesn’t match expectations, so i’m looking for some success stories that came from situations similar to his haha.
He’s destined to Real Madrid, that on its own is a pressure, look at Arda Guler, everyone is waiting for him, if he was scouted by Real Betis, the hype would have died by now, look at the kid from Ajax to West Ham, he’s very good but the hype is dead around him.
At the same time look at a lad like Odegaard who everyone was talking about at such a crazy young age. It had appeared as though he flopped at Madrid and has since become one of the best players in the PL. Could even say the same about KDB. Sometimes it might look like a player flopped, but sometimes that player gets lucky elsewhere.