Richarlison reveals how long he had Tottenham injury issue and why he postponed surgery

Richarlison has claimed he now feels «confident» and «100 per cent» after undergoing surgery on his groin in November. Signed in a £60million deal from Everton in the summer of 2022, the Brazilian has struggled to find his form in north London ever since his switch from Goodison Park.

Only managing three goals in his debut season for the club as he found himself in and out of the team with injury disrupting his campaign, the 26-year-old started this term in Ange Postecoglou's Spurs XI before dropping down to the bench for a run of three games. Contributing with two goals and three assists but still unable to recapture the form he displayed for Everton, it was decided that the player would finally go under the knife on Thursday, November 9 to correct a long-standing issue.

Having appeared off the substitutes' bench in the games against Man City and West Ham, Richarlison was named in the starting XI at home to Newcastle United on Sunday and duly repaid his head coach with two goals. Looking more like his old self and certainly much freer in terms of his movement, the attacker has revealed that the surgery has worked as he is now «training without pain» and «much better than before».

“I’m much better than before," he said in an interview with ESPN Brasil. «Now I feel confident, I feel 100 per cent. I think this surgery helped me a lot to recover in training. Now I’m training without pain, and this is helping me a lot. It’s evolving every day now and thinking about the next game.»

Something that the player had been suffering with since last season, Richarlison had been treating the injury but it never quite resolved the problem as he looked to recapture his best form. His desire to also succeed on the international stage with