Richarlison Excluded from Tottenham's Premier League Squad

Richarlison’s Tottenham story has taken a brutal turn. The Brazilian has been left out of Spurs’ 25-man Premier League squad for the season, a clear signal that he does not feature in new head coach Roberto De Zerbi’s plans.

No injury. No suspension. Just a manager’s call.

The omission lands only days after British reports suggested Richarlison had pushed for a late return to Everton during the closing stages of the transfer window, hoping to rediscover the sharp, relentless form that first lit up his career in England. He wanted the move. Everton explored it. Nothing was agreed. The window shut and he stayed where he least wanted to be.

Now he finds himself stuck at Tottenham and unable to play Premier League football.

For a player who recently admitted that other people have made many of the major decisions in his career, this latest twist cuts deep. His comments were a thinly veiled admission of how little control he has felt over his path in recent years. This decision only underlines that sense of drift. The club have chosen their direction. He is not on it.

De Zerbi has made his stance plain. There is no place for Richarlison in his league plans this season. That leaves Spurs and the forward scrambling for an exit route while they still can, because the story is not completely closed.

Several major leagues have shut their transfer windows, but not all. Saudi Arabia and Turkey loom as two realistic options, with their markets still open and clubs there ready to move for high-profile names in need of a reset. A switch to either destination would offer Richarlison a way out and Tottenham a chance to clean up an increasingly messy situation.

For now, he trains at a club where he cannot play league football and sits outside a squad that has moved on without him. The next few weeks will decide whether this is a pause in his Premier League career – or the full stop.