Tottenham Hotspur outcast Richarlison has received personal phone calls from Mohamed Salah and Fabinho urging him to complete a move to Trabzonspor. The Brazilian forward is desperately seeking an escape route after being frozen out in north London, but negotiations remain complicated ahead of Friday's transfer deadline in the Turkish Super Lig.
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Roberto De Zerbi has officially excluded Richarlison from Tottenham Hotspur's Premier League squad following the collapse of a transfer to Everton. Richarlison is now desperately pushing for a late move to Turkish side Trabzonspor before the transfer window closes on Friday, hoping to link up with Mohamed Salah, having publicly declared that he will dictate his own future.
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