By Sofia Reyes, Bernabéu Betrayal Bureau
Madrid – October 30, 2025
The Bernabéu’s prodigy pipeline just sprang a catastrophic leak: Endrick, Real Madrid’s €72 million Brazilian sensation, has inked a bombshell January exit to Olympique Lyonnais—5th in Ligue 1’s scorching scrum—for a paltry €10 million upfront, with a cheeky buyout clause capping his resale at €20 million. Xabi Alonso, the tactician turned tyrant, has washed his hands of the 19-year-old’s “insufferable ego,” sources confirm, greenlighting the fire sale after a Valdebebas meltdown that’s got Pérez’s palace in pandemonium. “He’s a talent with tantrums—out before he poisons the squad,” Alonso allegedly snarled in a leaked boardroom rant, per AS docs timestamped October 28.
Skeptics scoffed at the 3 a.m. wire: €10 million for a kid who lit up the 2023 U-20 World Cup? A loan whisper, maybe, but permanent exile? Yet the signatures are scorched. Lyon’s €10 million offer—€5 million loan fee, €5 million obligation-to-buy—landed Tuesday, ratified by Roc Nation at dawn. Endrick’s camp, briefed on Alonso’s veto (zero minutes in 13 games), sealed it over Zoom: “Guaranteed starts or goodbye.” X detonated: #EndrickOut (12 million posts) vs. #AlonsoAssassin, with madridistas torching No. 17 jerseys outside the training ground.
The venom? Attitude Armageddon. Insiders spill: Endrick’s Clásico bench snub—unused in the 2-1 Camp Nou coup—ignited a touchline tirade: “I’m the future, not Mbappé’s shadow!” per CCTV audio smuggled to Marca. Alonso, haunted by Leverkusen’s locker-room rebellions, cornered him post-session: “Earn the shirt or exit stage left.” Leaked WhatsApp chains show Endrick ghosting team dinners, blasting “disrespect” on private Snapchat stories viewed by Vinícius. Pérez’s war room? Fractured—scouts begged retention for 2026 World Cup glory, but Alonso’s iron fist won: “€10 million clears the cancer.”
Lyon’s lure? 5th and surging, Europa flawless, Fonseca’s fluent Portuguese pipeline (Fofana, Satriano) primed for Endrick’s flair. “Ideal for ignition,” his agent texted Romano—€400k weekly covered, starts locked. But the buyout bombshell? A €20 million ceiling reeks of sabotage—Alonso’s parting shot to kneecap rivals sniffing €50 million bids.
Critics howl heresy: “Dumping a dynasty heir for discipline? Pérez’s folly!” Yet the ledger lies bare: Endrick’s zero shots, zero starts—frozen behind Kylian’s kingdom. Deeper shadows: Is this Alonso asserting alpha after Clásico coronation, or Pérez’s ploy to fund Bellingham’s brotherly bailout? A Wednesday summit sealed it; Endrick’s jet tickets to Lyon glow in his inbox.
The hook: January 1 creaks—will Endrick torch Ligue 1 into a €100 million redemption, or flop into obscurity? One truth ignites: In Madrid’s coliseum, prodigies don’t mature—they mutate or migrate. Alonso’s purge isn’t patience; it’s premeditated purge. The Bernabéu watches its wonder boy wave adios—at a discount.
