☕️🍞 Benzema meets Picasso, Isak and 5️⃣ top stories to start your day | OneFootball

You bring the coffee and toast, we bring the five news stories that could shape football conversations on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.

Here are five of the most notable:

🇧🇷 Endrick leaves the golden cage

'L'Equipe' reports today that Olympique Lyonnais and Real Madrid have just agreed on a simple loan deal for Endrick for the next six months.

Let’s remember that Real Madrid paid Palmeiras 60 million euros for the 16-year-old striker in 2022. It was the biggest transfer in the history of the Brazilian league after Neymar, and although he has barely played this season, the anticipation in France for his arrival is remarkable. 

OL will cover half of the player’s salary, estimated at over 400,000 euros gross per month, according to the French newspaper. They will also pay around one million for the loan, which does not include a purchase option. 📸 David Ramos - 2025 Getty Images

OL has been without a center forward since the sale of Mikautadze, so Endrick could find the minutes he needs in Lyon before the World Cup.

💪🏿 The center-back Deco likes

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The absences of Christensen and Araujo force Barça to look for a center-back in the winter, and the one they like most, according to 'Sport', is Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace) 

🎨 The aesthete Benzema

An eternal lover of beautiful things, Karim Benzema has still managed to surprise everyone with his latest move. The Real Madrid legend has purchased Picasso’s painting “Portrait of a Bearded Man,” an oil on canvas from 1964 valued at around 6 million euros. 

🚑 Isak’s situation is devastating

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Liverpool’s star signing for this season has suffered a double fracture of his ankle and fibula.

Will he be able to return to his former self? Or how will Slot’s side cope with this blow in a season that started off on the wrong foot? These are the questions everyone in Liverpool is asking this Tuesday.

🏆 Who will win the Africa Cup of Nations?

Opta has published its predictions for the CAN, which began on Sunday in Morocco, and places the host country as the big favorite to win the competition, ahead of Egypt (12.4% chance of winning), Algeria (12.1%), Senegal (12%), and Nigeria (7.3%).

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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