One word, posted at midnight: “why?”
Richarlison thought the Carabao Cup was his way back in. A trip to Liverpool, a midweek tie, the kind of night managers usually hand to the fringe players. Roberto De Zerbi left him out anyway. The Brazilian was available and fit.
He answered on Instagram. A crying emoji under a post carrying his manager’s words, then a repost with a single word attached: “why?” The Daily Mail reports he is now out of the squad altogether.
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Four league games, zero goals, one striker in exile
Tottenham have not scored in the Premier League this season. Four matches, nothing. That comes after more than 500 million euros went out the door in the market.
And the player watching from the outside is the one who scored most in that shirt last season. Twelve goals, top of the club’s list. A team that cannot find the net has parked its most reliable finisher. The comment sections under his posts are full of people asking the obvious question.
He did start the campaign involved, named in the side at Brentford. The message to find a new club came shortly after.
Everton looked, Vasco nearly got there, nothing landed
No door ever opened. Everton, his old club, made enquiries and stopped there. Trabzonspor chanced their arm. Vasco da Gama came closest, a return to Brazil all but agreed, before it fell through.
So a 29-year-old under contract trains away from the group while his team hunts for a goal. Calling that a tactical decision is getting harder.
De Zerbi has his own problems already. A public stand-off with a senior player is not one he needed. January is a long way off.
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