"Tottenham, please let me go." Son's best friend is acting twisted again! After being scammed out of 109.3 billion won, 'contract termination' is being pursued amid a "muddy legal battle"

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Richarlison (29), Tottenham Hotspur's striker, is requesting contract termination from the club and is considering legal action. This move comes after he was completely excluded from the 25th-man roster for this season's English Premier League (EPL), allowing him to obtain free agent (FA) status to seek a transfer.

The UK BBC reported on the 11th (Korea time) that "Richarlison is considering contract termination, including legal action, to leave Tottenham without a transfer fee." According to the report, Richarlison's return to Everton before the summer transfer window closed has been scrapped, and he is now pushing for a move to Vasco da Gama in Brazil.

Since joining in 2022, Richarlison has recorded poor results over four years with 133 matches and 32 goals. This season, he was excluded from manager Roberto De Zerbi's plans and removed from the lineup after the league opener. In response, Richarlison expressed his dissatisfaction via social media (SNS), stating, "Pressure, threats, and retaliation will not scare me."

Especially, although he played alongside Son Heung-min (LAFC), with whom he was a close friend during his time at Tottenham and received support from domestic fans, he ultimately failed to rebound and fell into the role of an excess resource.

Current transfer negotiations are also facing difficulties. Tottenham's overseas loan quota (six players) is already full, making a loan impossible, and in the case of a permanent transfer, Tottenham is insisting on a transfer fee of over 20 million pounds (approximately 36.5 billion won), which Vasco da Gama finds difficult to bear.

In response, Richarlison's side has brought up Article 15 of the FIFA regulations regarding 'sporting just cause' as a breakthrough. Citing the regulation that allows players who have participated in less than 10% of their club's official matches in a season to terminate their contract early, they plan to classify the EPL roster exclusion as an obstruction of professional activity and force contract termination.

On the other hand, Tottenham is sticking to its stance that contract termination is not possible. The club maintains that it cannot release a player acquired for 60 million pounds (approximately 109.3 billion won) without receiving any transfer fee. Additionally, under FIFA regulations, the right to terminate a contract can typically be exercised within 15 days after the end of the last match of the season, and there remains a possibility that Tottenham will re-register Richarlison on its roster in January next year, suggesting that the conflict between both sides will eventually lead to a lengthy legal dispute.

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