The Brazilian forward wore a Tottenham shirt for the first time in a few months after being left out of De Zerbi’s squad.
Richarlison will make his first Tottenham appearance in almost two months as he prepares to start the U21s in the Jersey Mike’s Trophy tie at Cheltenham Town on Tuesday night.
Roberto De Zerbi, 29, has been left out of the Premier League squad for next season and was not selected for Liverpool’s Carabao Cup appearance, meaning his last game for Spurs came in the opening day defeat at Brentford on August 22. under development team leader Wayne Burnett.
The game against Steve Cotterill’s men kicks off at EV Charger Points Stadium at 7pm and will be shown live on Sky Sports+.
Richarlison is currently stuck at the north London club, left out of De Zerby’s 25-man squad for the Premier League as Spurs could only name 17 non-local players in their league-registered squad and cannot be changed until the next English transfer window.
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De Zerbi said football.london Richarlison has repeatedly asked to leave the club this summer and has chosen Italian international Xavi Simons in his squad as a replacement for the forward, although the Dutchman continues to rehabilitate from an ACL injury he suffered in April.
Richarlison turned down a move to his old club Everton and boyhood club Vasco da Gama before the English and Brazilian transfer windows closed. He wanted to make a temporary loan move to Vasco, but Tottenham had reached their international loan limit.
His camp have explored legal avenues to terminate his contract with Tottenham, which runs until next summer and the club has the option to extend it by a further 12 months.
The Brazil international will now take on the Under-21s in Gloucestershire on Tuesday evening in his first match for months.