A Tottenham star, who has arguably been the club’s best performer across the first three games of the season, has been called up to his national team in the lead-up to a World Cup year.
While discussing which Spurs players Thomas Frank can improve, many pointed to the likes of Brennan Johnson and Archie Gray, who Frank previously tried to take to Brentford.
Many also felt that the Dane could tighten up Tottenham’s backline, which was extremely leaky last season. However, not many would have predicted the transformation we have seen in Richarlison so far.
The 28-year-old has scored two goals and picked up an assist in Spurs’ first two Premier League fixtures on the back of leading the line superbly in the Super Cup clash against Paris Saint-Germain.
Tottenham star Richarlison gets called up to Brazil squad
Frank has said that Richarlison is currently his starting number nine, with Dominic Solanke seemingly having work to do to win his place back in the eleven.
Spurs fans will be hoping that the former Everton man can steer clear of injuries and finally show just why the club paid such a big fee for him three years ago.
Richarlison has now been rewarded for his impressive form by being called up to the Brazil squad by new manager Carlo Ancelotti for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Bolivia last month.
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Richarlison never considered leaving Spurs this summer
Some reports have indicated that Tottenham were open to cashing in on Richarlison at the start of the summer.
It was even claimed by some sources last week that Spurs considered selling Richarlison and replacing him with Yoane Wissa.