‘Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar’ - Palmeiras boss tips Endrick to be best in the world - video Dailymotion

Endrick will now join Real Madrid after bidding an emotional farewell to Palmeiras in his final game.

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00:00 I think he did everything, he was champion in almost every...

00:04 Actually, he was.

00:06 When I said "Coach, he has to play, he has to play", he played in God's time.

00:10 He helped us a lot last year.

00:14 He's been with us for a month, a year and something, a year and...

00:18 He's been with us for a year and seven months.

00:21 He was champion in every step.

00:24 He came in time to be champion with Palmeiras in the last year,

00:28 in the main team.

00:30 He also improved.

00:33 There was a normal period of adaptation,

00:35 which started very well, then a less good period.

00:38 He was able to withstand criticism, because he's part of it.

00:42 Players like Ronaldo, Neymar, Messi, Guardiola...

00:47 The best in the world are always subject to criticism,

00:49 and you have to make a peace agreement with the critics

00:51 to continue working and moving forward.

00:53 I think that for a kid,

00:55 from 16 to 17 years old,

00:57 it's not easy to withstand all that pressure.

01:00 He was able to do that, to look at the front page of the newspaper

01:03 and think he could be the best star in the world.

01:06 And soon after, everyone wanted him to...

01:08 No, he had to go back to the U-20.

01:11 And we always helped him,

01:13 the president, the coaches, the colleagues.

01:17 It was all...

01:19 But it's not always like that.

01:21 It was a plan, a project that...

01:23 that came out perfectly.