One Tottenham player in particular is desperate to be in Ange Postecoglou’s starting lineup for next Saturday’s match against Liverpool.
Richarlison has come off the bench in his last three games (WhoScored), but scored in the recent dramatic win over Sheffield United after publicly admitting he had been going through a “tumultuous time apart”.
pitch” this year (BBC).
The 26-year-old spoke to ESPN Brazil as he declared his intention to try and regain his starting place when the Red Devils travel to north London next weekend.
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Richarlison said:
“What I have to endure is not on the field or in practice but the bad people around me.
Thank God these people are gone, things need improvement.
Now it’s time for me to train as hard as possible to play this week (against Liverpool)
Spurs’ £90,000-a-week striker (Capology) has angered Liverpool fans with some of his antics on social media, especially after the Red Devils lost the 2022 Champions League final.
He has also scored against us three times in the past, twice with Everton and once with his only Premier League goal last season (Transfermarkt), helping Tottenham briefly equalize at Anfield to come back from 3-0 line before Diogo Jota made a spectacular strike.
winner in overtime.
Given his record against Jurgen Klopp’s side and his absence from Postecoglou’s starting line-up since the end of August, it is no surprise that the Brazil international is particularly keen to be selected for Thursday’s encounter.
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Whoever is chosen to start for Spurs this weekend, Liverpool will have to be wary of a team that looks to have improved a lot since last season despite selling Harry Kane in the summer.
We certainly don’t want to see Richarlison score again against us and dance happily, but more seriously, we wish him well as he looks set to put his health issues behind him.
his recent mental illness.
At the end of the day, some things are more important than football.