Tottenham want Richarlison but the Everton striker wants to delay any decision over his future until he is back from his summer holiday.
Tottenham are making moves quickly this summer having already secured Fraser Forster and Ivan Perisic on free transfers.
Add in that Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma is close to joining too and that 2018 summer window with no signings seems a long, long time ago.
Fabio Paratici is still eyeing up more additions for Tottenham and another attacker will be wanted.
Harry Kane will need more support with Tottenham playing in the Champions League and Richarlison has emerged as a top target.
Tottenham want Richarlison
Reports in Richarlison’s native Brazil over the weekend suggested that Tottenham were in advanced talks to secure his signature.
That has been played down a little but Tottenham are certainly keen on landing the Brazilian this summer.
The Telegraph even suggest that Tottenham will send Harry Winks or Lucas Moura to Everton in a deal for Richarlison.
That’s amid claims that Everton want around £65million for Richarlison.
Everton won’t want to sell Richarlison at all but the lure of playing in the Champions League for Tottenham could be too strong.
Still, Richarlison isn’t rushing any decision over his future.
Goal Brasil claim that Richarlison is heading on holiday after featuring in recent games for Brazil.
Richarlison has communicated through his agents that he will only decided his next club after his holiday, which will be at the end of June or beginning of July.
That means that Tottenham face something of a wait if they want to sign Richarlison and won’t quite be able to add him to their very early business.
Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid are also keen, which may just give Tottenham some cause for concern, and it will now be interesting to see whether Paratici remains patient for Richarlison or looks elsewhere.
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