Spurs striker could head to Middle East
By Tom Vinall
HITC Football are reporting that there is interest in Richarlison from the Saudi Pro League, and that this interest is reciprocated by the player himself.
Per HITC, clubs in the Saudi Pro League are ready to step up their interest in Spurs' number 9 in the coming weeks.
They report that Spurs are open to selling the Brazilian forward, but would be asking for £60m to get back the money they paid Everton for him, back in the summer of 20222.
Richarlison's struggles in his first season in North London were well documented, with his goal at Anfield his only Premier League strike of the season, but the 27-year-old managed to hit a respectable 11 league goals in the 23/24 season, with only Heung-Min Son bagging more for Spurs last season.
That said, if a good enough offer came in, it would be hard to see Spurs not accepting. If they can get a good fee, around the aforementioned £60 million, then it would probably be wise to cash in, as serviceable as Richarlison can be.
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Spurs striker could head to Middle East
That sort of money would be able to fund a Gyökeres esque marquee signing and Spurs would be able to further improve the side.
The report linking Richarlison to the Saudi Pro League mentioned that PIF-owned Al-Ittihad and Al-Alhi are keen, and so are newly promoted Al-Qadisah - a club owned by oil giants Arcamo.
Al-Qadisah have already signed the likes of Nacho, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and Koen Casteels this summer, and are showing that they have as much ambition as the PIF-owned clubs, despite only just coming up from the second tier of Saudi Arabian football.
Spurs must be conscious of the fact that dealing with Saudi Pro League clubs is not the same as dealing with European clubs. Spurs are dealing with some of the richest people and organizations in the world, as well as clubs that do not have to worry about any PSR rules. They must rinse every penny they can possibly get when dealing with clubs from Saudi Arabia.
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