Richarlison, a striker for Tottenham Hotspur, has acknowledged that he will’seek psychiatric therapy’ when he gets back to England.
When Richarlison returns to Tottenham Hotspur this week, he wants to make things right on and off the pitch.
The international break is coming to an end and the attention will turn back to Premier League action soon enough.
Fans probably can’t wait for league play to resume after the first break of the season because it always feels so early.
Ange Postecoglou’s ‘Angeball’ is something that Tottenham fans cannot wait to see more of.
Tottenham has had a wonderful start with three wins in their first four games, and things appear to be going well in North London – but perhaps not for Richarlison.
Tottenham Hotspur striker Richarlison opens up on his struggles
Much has been expected of Richarlison this season as he steps out from the Harry Kane shadow.
The Brazilian is looking to prove that he can be Tottenham’s leading striker but the goals haven’t yet flowed for him.
Richarlison has gone on international duty with Brazil but hasn’t had a great time, even being spotted in tears after being substituted against Bolivia.
Richarlison started against Peru earlier this morning but had two goals ruled out in the narrow 1-0 win over Brazil.
The Tottenham striker spoke to Globo Esporte after the match and opened up about everything he went through in 2023, giving a courageous and emotional interview.
Richarlison admits he presents himself as a “happy player” on the field, but he has struggled recently.
“The storm is over” on Richarlison’s mind, admitting that he has been through a “tumultuous period” over the past five months, but he of course won’t go into detail about that other than to say that people People around just want money. Are not. longer in his life.
Richarlison added that his tears against Bolivia were not because he played poorly or because he was substituted, but more an emotional release after all of his off-field battles.
Richarlison also admitted that he intends to ‘seek psychological help’ when he returns to London and will speak to Tottenham this week in an attempt to get back on track both as a player and as a person.
“On the field I’m a happy team player, I try to help as much as possible,” said Richarlison. “Sometimes, things don’t go the way we want. I think this part is a bit of the off-field side that ended up getting in my way. Even though you want to do things right, it ends up going wrong. I will continue to focus on the club, the storm has passed.”
“I went through a turbulent time in the last five months off the field. Now things are right at home. People who only had an eye on my money walked away from me. Now things will start to flow, I’m sure I’ll get a good run at Tottenham and make things happen again.”
“That sad moment wasn’t even because I played poorly, in my opinion I didn’t play a bad game in Belém, it was more of an outburst about the things that were happening off the field, which got out of control not on my part, but on the part of people who were close to me.”
“I’m going to go back to England, seek psychological help, from a psychologist, to work on my mind. That’s it, come back stronger. I believe I will be in the next squad, I will work for that. It’s about getting a good streak at Tottenham, this week I’m going to sit down and talk to them, I need a good streak, get the rhythm of the game and get here well,” he added.
We can only commend Richarlison for talking about his mental health, something isn’t taking into account in football as much it should be; players aren’t robots and hopefully, Richarlison can come out the other side as a person and as a player.
