Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi came into the job with a bit of a reputation for being a hot head who can start fights and rub people the wrong way, so when he and Richarlison started trading barbs before the summer transfer window came to a close, a lot of people started to get skeptical of De Zerbi. And it hasn't exactly helped that Spurs have been winless and struggling to score goals, meanwhile their leading scorer from last season is not even registered in the squad because of that dispute.
The thing is, Richarlison was only the team's leading scorer by default. It's not like he was a top player at the striker position himself. But more importantly, it looks like the story De Zerbi spun about actually wanting to keep Richy, only for the striker to request a transfer, turned out to be true. And then worse yet, it was Richarilson who stabbed Spurs by not even leaving at all, as he did not want to take a wage cut from Everton.
Richarlison really did ask to leave Tottenham
Fabrizio Romano divulged the story behind the war of words between Roberto De Zerbi and Richarlison a couple of months ago, via Chris Cowlin:
"It’s been a crazy situation, even Roberto De Zerbi explained it. It’s the reality that De Zerbi wasn’t lying and isn’t lying when he said that at the beginning of the new season I went to Richarlison I told him ‘let’s discuss a new contract, I want you here.' Richarlison wanted to go and then in the final days of the window, Tottenham were not happy where Richarlison was not taking the opportunity to go back to Everton. Tottenham in that case were going to sign Iliman Ndiaye, so the two deals were linked, Ndiaye to Tottenham and at that point Richarlison to Everton."
Romano had even more information on the subsequent deals that collapsed, but he closed his latest chapter on the Richarlison transfer saga by stating that the Brazilian international is 100 percent done at Spurs. He fully expects the striker to leave the Lilywhites in the winter transfer window, and the relationship between the player and the entire club is so broken that he won't be a part of the team anymore for the rest of the season.
A lot of people were on Richy's side because of the fight he showed for the club last season, but something never quite added up about the story. De Zerbi always seemed to like Richarlison, and it was only until Richy played these games with the media that RDZ came out and said the truth, barred him, and since then, honestly, the Italian manager has been proven in the right.
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