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.
It’s an oldhead/newcomers thing. Newcomers are more impressionable and have been calling Messi the GOAT for years, but older people generally saw more Messi-level players and need more for a player in order to go with the hype. In that sense, Messi only reached his potential with the world cup.
And before you disagree, consider that from now on, you’ll compare all the newcomers to Messi. You’ll become one of the very exigent oldheads too.