CHELSEA, SPURS EYEING RICHARLISON DEAL
The London duo of Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea are eyeing a move for Everton attacker Richarlison. This is according to the report fromthe Daily Mail which claimed that Spurs and Chelsea are in the race to sign the Brazil international.
Chelsea are preparing for life after Romelu Lukaku who’s closing in on a loan move to Inter Milan. Chelsea paid a little over £97m to sign the former Everton striker last summer as he returned to the club from Inter Milan for his second spell at Stamford Bridge. Lukakufailed to live up to expectations on his return to Chelsea and he’s on the verge of returning to the San Siro after Inter Milan agreed a loan deal worth €8m for him plus add-ons. Also, the Belgian international agreed to take a pay cut from €12m-per-year at Chelsea to €8m-per-year at Inter Milan for his loan move back to Italian football. Continue Reading
Speaking exclusively to The Liverpool ECHO, Richarlison acknowledged that he is aware of the speculation linking the attacker with a potential move to the Premier League. He added that he has spoken about the prospect of playing together with the Toffees after having already done so at the international level.
In a report covered by TalkSPORT, Cascarino highlighted that the Toffees have lacked the leadership in their ranks barring Seamus Coleman and this has hampered them despite the likes of Gylfi Sigurdsson and Richarlison impressing in the attack front, he said: “Everton have been a bit of an enigma. Watching them last week at Millwall I thought they were disappointing. You talk about leadership in the team, they didn’t look like they had any of that apart from Seamus Coleman. I just don’t know why Everton have not been better because they’ve got some – Richarlison is a handful. Sigurdsson is another player who can create a moment – just haven’t done it enough.”
Amidst this, he has already become a regular with the Brazilian national team and speaking to the club’s official website, Yakubu has backed the young marksman to reach to the top, the loved Nigerian said: “Richarlison is smart and clever. I have watched him since he was at Watford. If he continues to do what he is doing, you will see the improvement. He is going to be a top striker. I think he can be right up there in the goal scoring charts.”
Speaking to the Spanish publication, he said: “I haven’t got enough fingers to count the number of clubs who rejected me. I was ready to give up football, but I lifted my head and I went to Belo Horizonte with just the money for an outward ticket for the last trial I had, with America MG. If I didn’t make it, I had no money to get home to Espiritu Santo, 600 kilometres away. I gave my all that morning and I passed. If I had given up after the first no I would never have made it where I am today.”
Speaking to TalkSPORT, he said: “Everybody’s seen the drop off since Mario Silva (sic) left Watford, or maybe even before then. I think that he has seen him first-hand and worked with him on a daily basis so he is backing his own judgement. What I would say to be careful about though is, if you say you are buying potential, Everton fans do not want potential. If you’re buying Richarlison now as a future player, that’s not what Everton fans want to see at the moment. They want to see them fighting with the best and up there with the top four.”