Tottenham Hotspur have had their fair share of disappointments this summer.
Tottenham missed out on Morgan Gibbs-White after a complicated situation with Nottingham Forest, while Spurs also suffered anguish when James Maddison went down injured recently.
On top of this, Eberechi Eze is headed to Arsenal after being close to joining Tottenham in what is yet another blow for Spurs this summer.
Speaking on TalkSPORT, Gabriel Agbonlahor has been discussing the Eze debacle, and he says that there is actually a worse situation at Spurs after reports on Wednesday involving Richarlison.
Richarlison situation could be worse than losing out on Eberechi Eze
Agbonlahor spoke about reports that Richarlison was set to be included in a swap deal for Eberechi Eze.
The pundit says that this situation is actually worse than losing out on Eze, noting that Tottenham may now have made Richarlison unhappy, adding further to their woes.
“Do you know what is worse, there were reports last night that Spurs wanted to include Richarlison in the deal,” Agbonlahor said.
“If you’re Richarlison, you have just scored two screamers, and you’re hearing you could be included in a deal. Now, you have an unhappy Richarlison as well and an unhappy Eze. There’s probably nobody now available for them to go and get to fill that Maddison role, disappointing.”
Richarlison has been brilliant under Thomas Frank so far
If Richarlison is indeed unhappy after these reports, the timing on this couldn’t have been any worse.
Indeed, the Brazilian was just finding his form at Spurs under Thomas Frank, and he even earned praise from Glenn Hoddle.
“Richarlison played a lot on the left, but I see him more down the middle really. You can dovetail those two, for me, he’s a real added bonus, it’s like we have a new player with the last two performances,” Hoddle said.
Hopefully, Richarlison will let these rumours just wash over him, but Agbonlahor knows what it means to be a Premier League striker at the centre of transfer speculation, and, as he says, the forward may well be unhappy about these rumours.