Richarlison Frozen Out at Tottenham Under De Zerbi

Richarlison’s Tottenham story has taken a brutal turn. The Brazilian has been left out of Spurs’ 25-man Premier League squad for the season, a clear signal that he sits firmly outside new manager Roberto De Zerbi’s plans.

It is not a soft reset. It is a cut.

British reports say Richarlison had pushed for a return to Everton in the final days of the transfer window, hoping to rediscover the sharp, relentless form that once made him a Goodison Park favourite and a feared Premier League forward. He wanted the move. Everton were interested. The deal never landed.

So he stays at Tottenham. But not really in Tottenham’s season.

Omission from the Premier League list deepens an already uncomfortable spell for a player who only recently admitted that others have made many of the major decisions in his career, hinting at how little control he feels he has had over his own path. Now another decisive call has gone against him, and this time it comes from the head coach.

De Zerbi has drawn his line. No place for Richarlison in his league plans. No obvious route back in.

That leaves both club and player scrambling for a way out while the rest of Europe settles into the campaign. The main window has shut in England, but not everywhere. Some doors remain ajar.

Saudi Arabia and Turkey stand out as realistic escape routes, with their transfer windows still open and clubs there ready to move for high-profile names in limbo. A switch to either destination could still be completed in the coming weeks and would finally put an end to his increasingly messy stand-off at Tottenham.

For Richarlison, the next move might define far more than just this season.