De Zerbi confirms Richarlison refused Tottenham extension as Spurs turn the page

De Zerbi confirms Richarlison refused Tottenham extension

Tottenham have a clear squad fact this weekend: Roberto De Zerbi says Richarlison turned down a contract extension at the start of pre-season, and the club is moving on.

Fabrizio Romano reported the manager’s words on Saturday. De Zerbi said he spoke to the Brazil forward early in pre-season and asked whether he wanted to extend because the coach was happy to keep him. Richarlison said no. “So I’m sorry for him but we have to go to another page,” De Zerbi added.

At the beginning of pre-season I spoke to Richarlison and asked him if he wanted to extend his contract because I was happy to keep him with us… and Richarlison said NO.— Roberto De Zerbi, via Fabrizio Romano

That statement sits on top of earlier comments from the same press cycle. De Zerbi also said Richarlison had not accepted a proposal linked to Everton before the window closed, and that he did not know whether a Turkey offer remained live. The manager’s line on the squad was unchanged: for him, nothing in the selection plan shifts because of the player’s decision.

The practical point is registration and availability, not rumor. Separate team-news notes circulating around the Premier League fantasy deadline said Richarlison was not registered in the current Premier League squad list. De Zerbi’s Saturday remarks align with that picture: the club asked him to stay on new terms, he declined, and the page has been turned.

This is not a match preview and it is not a prediction about results. It is a confirmed manager statement that closes one strand of Tottenham’s summer. If the registration status holds, Tottenham will line up without that extra forward option.

De Zerbi framed the outcome as the player’s choice. He said he had been happy to keep Richarlison, put the extension question to him at the start of pre-season, received a refusal, and would now work with the group that remains. That is the hard news: the forward who wanted a different path is no longer part of the manager’s next chapter.

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