Marco Silva shares what he spoke to Richarlison about on Friday

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Everton forward Richarlison heads back to face Bournemouth today.

Everton boss Marco Silva has told The Telegraph that he thinks Richarlison is a ‘different player’ as he heads back to Bournemouth today, where he was sent off last year.

The Toffees return from the international break with a trip to the South Coast, with a tricky game against Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth facing Silva this afternoon.

Everton beat Wolves 3-2 before the break, whilst Bournemouth have lost their last two Premier League games, at the hands of Manchester City and Leicester City.

Everton will hope to grab another three points, and will also look for winger Richariison to have a better experience at the Vitality Stadium than in last year’s meeting.

The Brazilian was given a straight red card at Bournemouth just over a year ago, motioning his head towards Adam Smith in an off-the-ball alteration, and that was enough to be given his marching orders just weeks after joining the club for a huge £50million (BBC).

It was a moment of immaturity and petulance from Richarlison, but he’s certainly come a long way in the last year, having become a regular for Brazil and nailed down a key spot in Silva’s side.

Silva now feels that Richarlison is a ‘different player’ since that red card, admitting that he actually had this exact conversation with him on Friday, telling him how much he’s learned and matured.

Silva feels Richarlison understood immediately what a mistake he’d made, so it was a moment for him to learn and grow, meaning he’s not expecting a repeat of that incident today.

“He’s a different player. I had this conversation with him (on Friday),” said Silva. “He learned from that moment for sure. Of course Richarlison is now a better player than before, he’s more mature than one season ago. Maybe it was the first moment in his career in which he reacted like he did. It was a moment for him to learn.”

“He understood straight away afterwards what he’d done. Afterwards we had so many games in which he did not react like that. Now he’s an international player, which is something he achieved with our help, with his quality and with his work because he’s working really hard every day to achieve everything in his career,” he added.