Richarlison ready to quit Spurs for Turkey

According to Fabrizio Romano, via CaughtOffside, Richarlison has reached an agreement on personal terms with Trabzonspor and is willing to leave north London if Tottenham sanction a move. The detail that stands out is the money: the package on offer is reportedly worth around three times what he currently earns at Spurs.

That figure tells its own story about where Super Lig football sits right now. Turkish clubs have spent the last few transfer windows hoovering up Premier League squad players and reserves with wage offers that European clubs simply won't match, and Trabzonspor circling a forward who was part of Brazil's 2022 World Cup squad is the latest sign of how far that spending has stretched.

What went wrong at Spurs

Richarlison was never short of moments, the scissor-kick against Serbia at the World Cup remains one of the great tournament goals of the last decade, but consistency at club level has been the issue. Being left out of the squad altogether is the real signal here. That's not a rotation call, that's a manager and a club deciding a player isn't part of the plan.

Tottenham have options ahead in attack and a forward line that no longer needs to lean on Richarlison the way it once did. If he's genuinely being omitted from squads rather than just benched, the writing has been on the wall for a while.

What still needs to happen

Romano's report covers personal terms and Richarlison's willingness to go, not a finished transfer. There's no word yet from Tottenham on a fee, and no confirmation from Trabzonspor either. Personal terms are usually the easy part of any deal; what happens between the two clubs on valuation is the part that actually decides whether this happens before the window shuts.

For a player who once looked like a first-choice Tottenham forward, agreeing to leave the Premier League for Turkey is a big step down in competitive terms. The money says otherwise, and increasingly, so does everyone taking that route before him.