{"id":14900,"date":"2026-04-30T23:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/14900\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:47:10","slug":"endrick-praises-jude-bellinghams-role-in-helping-him-adapt-at-real-madrid-he-was-very-important-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/14900\/","title":{"rendered":"Endrick praises Jude Bellingham\u2019s role in helping him adapt at Real Madrid: \u2018He was very important to me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">The decision to be loaned to <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/lyon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\">Lyon<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/real-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\">Real Madrid<\/a> changed the course of the season for <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/endrick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\">Endrick<\/a>. From being in a team with many stars to a club where he could show his talent. Even if he couldn\u2019t play much, the forward mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/jude-bellingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\">Jude Bellingham<\/a> as a very important teammate.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Endrick said: \u201cBellingham was important to me. He made me feel welcome. I didn\u2019t speak English very well, but he spoke to me, tried to speak a bit of Spanish, was by my side and gave me advice. His friendship was important to me at the beginning of my time at Real Madrid. That really had an impact on me. I had a certain impression of him, but he was completely different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Bellingham has been a huge player for Real Madrid since he was signed at 19 years old. His experience as the focus of attention, like it was at <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/borussia-dortmund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\">Borussia Dortmund<\/a>, was a factor in giving him the calmness necessary to adapt to such a gigantic club. This duo couldn\u2019t be a factor as a tandem, but it could be decisive in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Luka Modric surprised Endrick the most<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">The stint at Real Madrid was very short. Endrick was signed from Palmeiras before moving to Spain in 2024 when he was 18. He has totaled just 40 matches with that jersey, but it was enough to get to know his teammates.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/modric-1920x1080.webp\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Endrick played one year with Modric at Real Madrid (Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)\" class=\"h-auto\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center mt-5 text-[14px] leading-[20px] font-normal\">Endrick played one year with Modric at Real Madrid (Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">There was one player who caught Endrick\u2019s attention for many reasons: <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/luka-modric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\">Luka Modric<\/a>. Even if the Croatian was in his final season with the club, as he was not very young, his talent made an impression on him.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo lead curious stat about off-ball movement with Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 not too far behind\" href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/news\/lionel-messi-and-cristiano-ronaldo-lead-curious-stat-about-off-ball-movement-with-kylian-mbappe-not-too-far-behind\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"article-also-read-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-square max-w-[100px] m-[10px] md:m-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/messi-4-200x200.webp\" alt=\"Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo lead curious stat about off-ball movement with Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 not too far behind\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary my-[13px] uppercase text-alsoReadSeeAlso bg-alsoReadSeeAlsoBackground alsoReadSeeAlso w-fit\">see also<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full line-clamp-3 md:line-clamp-2 text-alsoReadEmbedTitle font-primary alsoReadLink\">Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo lead curious stat about off-ball movement with Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 not too far behind<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Endrick said: \u201cModric was the player who most impressed me at Real Madrid. He\u2019s a guy who taught me a lot in my first year. Not just in training, but also in matches. It was a football masterclass. He was 40 years old and very strong. He trained every day. When he wasn\u2019t playing, he\u2019d go to the club and train, doing his own extra training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Endrick on his injury<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">The forward wasn\u2019t very important at Real Madrid not because of his ability. It was a hamstring injury that made him miss too many matches, participating in just three in the first six months of the season before his loan to Lyon. This was very detrimental to his confidence.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"break-word\">Endrick said: \u201cI was afraid. I cried several times. That\u2019s something you do in private. I didn\u2019t know how to deal with my injury, what to expect. You don\u2019t know if you\u2019ll have a relapse, if you\u2019ll keep your strength, if you\u2019ll come back weaker. That affects you a lot. You get scared of the future. But I knew I had to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The decision to be loaned to Lyon from Real Madrid changed the course of the season for Endrick.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2121,91,301,5039,847,82,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-14900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-endrick","9":"tag-jude-bellingham","10":"tag-la-liga","11":"tag-ligue-1","12":"tag-lyon","13":"tag-madrid","14":"tag-real-madrid"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}