Barcelona are pulling back from the battle for Palmeiras whiz Endrick.

Marca says Barca feel they cannot afford to consider a deal of this kind with their present financial situation.

That is despite Xavi Hernandez's comments a few days ago in Qatar revealing that there had been contact made regarding the teenage attacker.

The Blaugrana head coach didn't hide his interest in the Brazilian wonderkid, but the club simply cannot countenance a bid of 60-million euros, which is what Palmeiras have set his release fee at.

While Barcelona's interest may be unrealistic, it has certainly been real and the club even had Endrick over to visit their facilities and stadium.

The idea was to leave him open to a possible offer, but it appears that no such offer is likely to materialise.