Tottenham have signed Richarlison – and that means joining forces with defender Cristian Romero after their run-ins with each other last season.
Tottenham have now secured four signings this summer with Fabio Paratici working quickly to secure reinforcements for Antonio Conte.
Fraser Forster and Ivan Perisic joined on free transfers before Paratici paid up for midfielder Yves Bissouma.
Spurs have now secured another cash signing with Richarlison arriving from Everton in a deal worth up to £60million.
Tottenham have signed Richarlison
Tottenham needed to invest in a new attacker this summer in order to offer competition for Harry Kane.
Going for a player who could also play out wide was the ideal scenario and Tottenham have secured that signing by landing Richarlison.
The Brazilian will be hoping to make a big impact for Tottenham in the Premier League and Champions League.
This move to North London also means that Richarlison will now join forces with defender Cristian Romero.
Argentinians and Brazilians will always have a simmering rivalry and that was on show last season.
When Everton hosted Tottenham in Antonio Conte’s first game in charge back in November, Richarlison left one on Romero by barging him in the back.
In the second half, Romero and Richarlison ended up squaring up and Richarlison went down claiming he had been headhunted, with Romero bemused.
Romero didn’t forget about it and when the two sides met again in 2022, Romero made sure he scythed down Richarlison with a very late challenge.
Romero then took to Instagram to celebrate Tottenham’s 5-0 victory against a backdrop of Richarlison on the deck after that foul.
The pair had a great battle last season but must now learn to get along and work together to drive Tottenham forward.
That will surely happen and Conte will have little to worry about, but that first meeting in Tottenham training could be slightly awkward.
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