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Tottenham Hotspur have been dealt a huge injury blow regarding Richarlison.
What’s the latest?
That’s according to Alasdair Gold, with the journalist revealing in a recent article for football.london that, after picking up a hamstring injury prior to Brazil’s quarter-final loss to Croatia in the World Cup – a fixture in which the forward still played 84 minutes – the 25-year-old will now be ruled out of first-team action for up to six weeks.
However, Richarlison’s latest blow was not the first Tottenham players suffered while on international duty this winter. Rodrigo Bentancur suffered a tear to his adductor muscle in his right leg in Uruguay’s final group stage fixture against Ghana, while Ben Davies also sustained an injury to his oblique muscle during Wales’ group stage defeat to England.
Terrible news for Tottenham
Considering just how impressive Richarlison was for Brazil at the World Cup, Gold’s claim that the forward is now set to spend the next six weeks sidelined with injury is sure to have come as a major blow to Antonio Conte, especially following the earlier injuries picked up by Bentancur and Davies.
Indeed, the Italian would have undoubtedly been hoping for the £70m-rated talent to continue his fine form over his four appearances in Qatar into the Premier League, with the attacker having bagged three goals and created three big chances for his team-mates, in addition to taking two shots and making 1.5 key passes per game.
These returns saw the £90k-per-week forward average a simply sensational Sofascore match rating of 7.45, not only ranking him as Tite’s second-best performer in the competition but also as the 13th-best player in the World Cup as a whole.
These metrics represent a rather dramatic rise from the Brazilian’s output over his 10 league outings for Spurs so far this season, in which Richarlison has scored no goals, registered two assists and created one big chance, with these returns seeing the 25-year-old average a rather underwhelming Sofascore match rating of just 6.71.
As such, the loss of the forward so soon after he appeared to have finally turned a corner will undoubtedly be terrible news for Conte and Tottenham, with the manager now set to be short of attacking options when Tottenham travel to Brentford on Boxing Day.
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