‘I would like to stay here’ – Real Madrid loanee Endrick hints at desire to extend Lyon stay
‘I would like to stay here’ – Real Madrid loanee Endrick hints at desire to extend Lyon stay Olympique Lyonnais are well on course to qualify for next season’s UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid loanee Endrick (19) could yet stick around for the European campaign, as he revealed on Sunday night. Endrick was struggling for game time at Real Madrid and, therefore, signed a short-term loan deal with Lyon in January.
The Brazilian was convinced that, under fellow Lussophone Paulo Fonseca, he could get his career back on track. Since making the switch, he has scored the first hat-trick in his career, and in 19 games for OL, he has eight goals and seven assists. The expectation has always been that he would return to the Bernabeu at the end of the season.
But after he helped OL beat Stade Rennais on Sunday night, he has put the club on the brink of UCL qualification. Endrick is not opposed to sticking around at the Groupama Stadium. “If I must go back to Real Madrid, I will; if I must extend here, I will extend here.
I would like to stay here. They do everything to put me in the perfect conditions [to perform],” he told Ligue 1 Plus. It remains to be seen how Real Madrid view a potential extension to his current loan deal.
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