Ange Postecoglou hails 26-year-old Spurs ace who’s ‘improving all the time’

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Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has praised Richarlison for how he has been faring in Son Heung-min’s absence.

The Spurs boss, speaking to football.london, says the 26-year-old continues to work hard for the team and is impressing in terms of defensive work rate.

In addition, Postecoglou says Richarlison is still “improving all the time” in terms of his link-up play and hold-up play. And that’s before getting to his goalscoring.

The Brazil international has been in outstanding form ever since coming back from surgery, with seven goals from his last seven Premier League outings.

Richarlison had been struggling for a long time due to the groin issue he had, but soon after returning to action from surgery, he has been prolific.

Ange Postecoglou can see Richarlison ‘developing further’ at Tottenham

Alasdair Gold asked Postecoglou on football.london whether Richarlison was relishing being the main man while Son is away at the Asian Cup with South Korea.

“It’s probably one for Richy to answer more but I think it’s helped that Richy has had a consistent run in the team and any player feels that confidence in himself,” said Postecoglou.

“The goals are obviously important because that’s everyone’s measure, but I think his general game is improving and that’s the main thing for me. That’s what I’ve seen.

“The way we play and the kind of player Richy is, I was always confident he would score goals but we need more than that.

“I think his work rate now defensively, which was really important when we had Sonny up there, hasn’t dropped off with Richy there.

“He’s working really hard for the team and the Ks (kilometres) he did the other night was right up there. Then his link up and hold up play is improving all the time.

“See, I love that. I love when players still want to improve and do improve rather than say he’s played for his national team and been here quite a while.

“I can see him developing further and that’s what you want as a manager and coach. For us, he’s becoming a really important player.”

Richarlison back to his best for Tottenham after surgery

After all the criticism Richarlison received in his first season at Spurs and earlier this term, it just goes to show that you don’t always know what’s going on with a player behind the scenes.

Richarlison has always been a quality player. Going from Brazil to the upper Premier League and also playing and scoring for the Selecao at the 2022 World Cup is not what bad players do.

Since having surgery, Richarlison has hit the ground running and is now back to his very best. It’s great to see him enjoying the best football of his career.