16-year-old prodigy signs $94 million deal

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Real Madrid has signed the highly-touted 16-year-old Brazilian guardant Endrick from Brazilian nine Palmeiras, some clubs person announced.

"Real Madrid C. F., Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, and Endrick and his household person reached an statement that allows the subordinate to articulation Real Madrid erstwhile helium reaches ineligible property successful July 2024," the Spanish nine said successful a statement.

"Until then, Endrick volition proceed grooming with S. E. Palmeiras. The subordinate volition question to Madrid successful the upcoming days to sojourn our club's facilities."

Endrick, who made his debut for the Brazilian club's first-team successful October, became the youngest subordinate ever to people for Palmeiras' archetypal team, and helped them seizure the 2022 Brasileirao Serie A title.

"We've completed the biggest dialog successful the past of Brazilian football," said president of Palmeiras, Leila Pereira.

"Real Madrid's connection is compatible with Endrick's tremendous endowment and corresponds to the sporting and fiscal goals that we person established since the opening of negotiations."

The Brazilian nine kept the presumption of the woody confidential but according to renowned Italian shot writer Fabrizio Romano, Real Madrid signed the teen phenom for a $94 cardinal fee, and volition wage $18.9 cardinal other wealth successful taxes.

The woody is done 2027, with an enactment until 2030.

According to Palmeiras, Endrick is the lone subordinate ever to beryllium crowned champion for the Alviverde successful each property categories, including with the Sub-11, Sub-13, Sub-15, Sub-17, Sub-20 and the archetypal team.

"I convey Palmeiras ... for offering maine everything indispensable to go what I americium today, for helping maine to execute respective of my dreams and for respecting my tendency and that of my household to marque different imagination travel true," said Endrick successful a statement.

"Until I articulation Real Madrid, I volition proceed to dedicate myself arsenic I ever person to connection Palmeiras adjacent much connected the field: much goals, much victories, much titles and adjacent much happiness for our fans," helium added.

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