Tottenham transfer news: Richarlison blames Spurs issue in statement over failed Vasco da Gama move

By Ben Sully | 12 Sep 2026 15:07, Last updated: 12 Sep 2026 15:11

Richarlison has pointed the digit astatine Tottenham Hotspur for his failed determination to Brazilian broadside Vasco da Gama. 

The 29-year-old featured successful Tottenham's archetypal Premier League crippled of the play earlier being linked with a imaginable instrumentality to Everton successful the second stages of the window.

A determination to the Toffees failed to materialise, but that did not halt Roberto De Zerbi from omitting Richarlison from his Premier League squad for the archetypal fractional of the season.

As a result, Richarlison tin lone play successful the EFL Cup betwixt present and the extremity of the calendar twelvemonth unless helium tin unafraid a way retired of the northbound London club.

The striker was mooted arsenic a imaginable people for Turkish broadside Trabzonspor earlier Vasco precocious emerged arsenic a realistic suitor.

However, the Brazilian transportation model closes successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday greeting without Vasco finalising a deal for the Tottenham forward.

Richarlison breaks soundlessness connected failed Vasco move

A study claimed that Richarlison failed to hold idiosyncratic presumption contempt Spurs reaching an statement with Vasco.

Richarlison has present taken to Instagram to importune that the determination broke down due to the fact that Tottenham had reached their indebtedness limit. 

In a connection translated by geGlobo, Richarlison said: "Hey there, Vasco fans. This week has been beauteous hectic. I decided to instrumentality immoderate clip to convey the Vasco fans. Pedrinho, Felipe.

"We were precise adjacent to maine signing with Vasco. My team, the squad of my full family.

"It was a adjacent call. I had made it precise wide to Pedrinho and Felipe from the opening of the speech that I wanted to play for Vasco until December.

When different clubs and different offers came up, I made it wide that they were my priority. This time, it was a adjacent call. Unfortunately, Tottenham reached the indebtedness limit, truthful it didn't enactment retired either.

"But that's it. I wanted to convey you, the Vasco fans, who sent galore benignant messages. Asking what clip and time I would beryllium astatine the airdrome truthful they could travel and person a enactment and prime maine up. But let's permission that for different time. I judge I'll beryllium astatine Sao Januario, successful Barreira, soon.

Tottenham guardant reveals Vasco "dream"

Richarlison has not played successful his homeland since leaving Fluminense for Watford successful the summertime of 2017. 

While a determination to Vasco fell through, Richarlison is hopeful that helium volition play for the Brazilian nine successful the future.

"You cognize however overmuch I attraction astir you all, and 1 time I volition realise this dream, which is mine, my grandfather's, and my family's," Richarlison added.

"I'm speaking from the bosom due to the fact that I truly privation to beryllium astatine Vasco. That's it. Thank you each precise much.

"Soon we volition beryllium wearing the Vasco shirt. There's adjacent 1 implicit there, determination are galore implicit there. I recovered this one, and since Pedrinho has been astatine Vasco, successful charge, helium sends maine galore Vasco shirts, astatine each launch, helium knows I'm a Vasco fan. Thanks. Soon we volition beryllium astatine Sao Januario, successful Barreira, and that's us."

Richarlison is understood to beryllium keen to scope an statement implicit terminating his contract, which is acceptable to expire astatine the extremity of the season, though Spurs person an enactment to activate a 12-month extension.