Real Madrid's Brazilian striker Endrick is close to being loaned to Lyon until the end of the season, according to Friday's edition of the newspaper L'Equipe, which indicates that both clubs are negotiating the portion of his salary that the French club will assume.

The 19-year-old could arrive in the coming days at Lyon, currently fifth in the league and leading the Europa League standings, Although the contract would not come into effect before January 1st.

Barely used by Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid, the young prospect, who came up through the Palmeiras youth system, has already given his approval to the transfer and even spoke a few weeks ago with Lyon's coach, the Portuguese Paolo Fonseca, who is looking to reinforce a severely depleted attacking line, according to the aforementioned information.

The player's objective is to increase his playing time, which is very limited at Real Madrid, in order to have some chance of making Carlo Ancelotti's squad for the World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada with the Brazilian national team, for which he has already played 14 matches.

L'Equipe reports that the negotiation is now focused on the portion of the salary that Lyon would assume, whose finances are under strict scrutiny from French administrative authorities after having increased their deficit in recent years under their previous owner, the American billionaire John Textor.

With Compared to last year, Lyon has lost attackers of the caliber of Alexandre Lacazette, Thiago Almada, Rayan Cherki, and Georges Mikautadze.