Richarlison: Conte ranted at me for two hours in Spurs meeting

Tottenham striker Richarlison has stated former supervisor Antonio Conte shouted at him for round two hours in a workforce meeting.

The Brazil worldwide endured a tricky debut marketing campaign at Spurs final season below Conte earlier than the Italian was sacked by the membership in March.

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Richarlison had criticised Conte following Tottenham’s elimination from the Champions League spherical of 16 earlier than the latter responded and described the participant as being “selfish.”

Speaking to the Que Papinho podcast, Richarlison stated he was flawed to have publicly criticised his supervisor and he acquired his punishment in entrance of his teammates.

“Of course I made a fool of myself by saying in the interview that I needed time and everything else, it was after the elimination in the Champions League, but then I apologised to him,” Richarlison stated.

“I even told him that if he wanted to punish me, he could. We worked it out there, then I tried to have a run again, and another injury came up. Like it or not, it ends up affecting the head as well.

“He has to point out his firmness additionally to the group, to say that he’s there, that he’s nonetheless in cost. It is his method of coping with individuals, with the group, and he spent nearly two hours simply telling me off in the meeting, in entrance of everybody [laughs].

“Then the players even said: ‘Richi, don’t do this anymore. Stay two hours waiting’ [laughs]. Everyone wanted to go, and we were there. Solved, fine.”

Conte signed Richarlison from Everton at the beginning of the 2022-23 season however the striker struggled with kind and accidents and solely scored one Premier League aim for the membership.

Following Conte’s dismissal, the 26-year-old stated he reached out to the Italian to clear the air.

“After they sent him away, I sent him a message,” Richarlison added. “I apologised because he was the guy who asked for me to be hired, and I couldn’t help him as much as he thought I could. The least I could do is apologise for what happened there.”