“Everything that came into my head” – Tottenham player on his outburst and rebellion after frustration
Tottenham Hotspur’s Brazilian players had a funny story to tell to their home country’s media this week.
Interviewed by Fred Bruno, Emerson Royal and Richarlison recalled a rebellion the attacker had against former Spurs boss Antonio Conte.
In quotes brought by Tottenham Brasil, the fullback was the one who started recalling how it all happened, as Richarlison had been holding some words back for the coach.
“He arrived late for the meeting on the day of the game, and the guy [Conte] said, ‘Well, do you want to say something" Do you want to apologise to the team"’
“He asked the other lads who were late too, the lads said sorry, then he got to him, he was supposed to apologise, right" Then he said ‘ah, I think I need more minutes’. I think he understood that the guy asked him if he had anything to say, so he started saying that the formation we played was rubbish, he said a couple of things,” said Emerson Royal. Richarlison was present at the interview as well, and came up with his version of this story.
“I came out saying everything that came into my head: ‘I need more minutes’, ‘this formation is no good’, I didn’t adapt, ‘this formation is rubbish’, I came out saying it, then the guys behind me started laughing. I didn’t understand what he’d asked, I just said what I’d already rehearsed.”
The full interview should come out soon, and ...
source:
sportwitness-tottenham
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http://sportwitness.co.uk/category/premier-league/tottenham-hotspur/
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