Richarlison has delivered a long and heartfelt statement about his season and the highs and lows that culminated in him lifting a trophy with Tottenham Hotspur.
The 28-year-old has endured a tough time in north London since his £60million move from Everton in 2022 with injuries aplenty fragmenting the Brazilian's time on the pitch for Spurs. This season Richarlison only appeared in 24 of Tottenham's 60 matches across all competitions due to hamstring and calf injuries but he returned just in time to play a key role for Ange Postecoglou's side in their knockout games in the Europa League, including a pivotal performance in Bilbao in the final.
In the early hours of Monday morning, Richarlison posted his thoughts on his past year on and off the pitch as well as a key trip back home to Brazil in February.
"When this season started, all I wanted was to be healthy to help my team have a better year. I knew it would be important to me mentally and also to finally repay somehow the love I've received these past few years from Spurs fans and all those who cheer me on," he wrote.
"Nobody said it would be easy, but they also didn't imagine it would be this hard. There were days and nights of much anxiety, treatments, pain and a martyr that seemed to have no end. But there was! And it was when I returned to Brazil, for a week, in February, after another injury, that things started to change.
"Being around mine in those days changed a lot for me. Had me feeling like old 'Charlin, the kid who just wanted to play ball. Being in the field has always been therapeutic for me, even before I discovered the power of therapy. It's my best medicine and the one that cures almost all my problems.