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Tottenham Hotspur were reportedly one of a number of Premier League clubs interested in signing Watford winger Richarlison during the summer, but it was eventually Everton that took the plunge on a £40m deal for the Brazilian.
Of course, Spurs failed to complete a single incoming deal throughout the entire summer transfer window, although the failure to do so doesn’t appear to have held them back domestically as they have made their best-ever start to the Premier League season.
Two defeats from two in the Champions League is not as impressive, but the likes of Erik Lamela and Lucas Moura have stood up and made a difference when the likes of Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli have been absent through injury – as they were during the 1-0 win against Cardiff City at Wembley on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Richarlison has had something of an up-and-down start to his Toffees career with the highs coming from four goals in six top-flight outings, and the lows being a first-half red card against Bournemouth and the penalty he blazed over the bar in the Carabao Cup defeat to Southampton last week.
We asked Tottenham fans to vote on our poll to see whether they were relieved that their club didn’t sign the 21-year-old in the summer, and a majority 63% said they were as you can see from the results below.
Despite primarily being a wide man, the Brazil international could soon follow in the footsteps of West Ham United’s Marko Arnautovic by playing through the middle on a regular basis – as he did when he scored in Marco Silva’s side’s 2-1 win over Leicester City at the King Power Stadium at the weekend.
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