Tottenham offered Richarlison to Crystal Palace as part of their bid to sign Eberechi Eze ahead of Arsenal, according to reports.
Arsenal have now won the race to sign Eze from Palace after agreeing a deal worth £60 million plus £7.5m in add-ons.
The 27-year-old will now play his final game for Palace in the first leg of their Conference League play-off at home to Norwegian side Fredrikstad on Thursday evening before he undergoes a medical with Mikel Arteta’s side on Friday.
Spurs had also held extensive talks with Palace this summer having missed out on a move to sign Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest.
According to the Daily Mail, Spurs had initially attempted to agree a deal worth £55m plus add-ons for Eze before accepting Palace’s demands.
The report claims that Richarlison, a £60m signing from Everton three years ago, was even offered by Spurs in an attempt to help negotiations with Palace.
Spurs are now said to be ‘dismayed’ by how events have unfolded but believe they could not have done any more to sign Eze ahead of Arsenal.
Eze had also agreed terms with Spurs but the England international has been holding out for Arsenal to make their move, which came after Arteta’s side were hit by Kai Havertz’s knee injury.
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Speaking on Wednesday, Palace manager Oliver Glasner insisted he had no concerns over selecting Eze and Marc Guehi, who is wanted by Liverpool, for their Conference League play-off.
‘I think it’s also the right of a club and the duty of a player to give 100 per cent as long as he’s under contract,’ Glasner said.
‘On the other side, I know this is the theory. I think many of you were surprised that Marc and Ebs started and played almost the whole game [against Chelsea]. Most of you will be surprised that they will start again tomorrow because of all the rumours, but again they are committed to the team.
‘They have a contract here. They played a crucial part that we could be so successful and they will play a crucial part as long as they are here. When one of the players will leave, which I don’t know at the moment, they want to leave as the players who always give 100 per cent for Crystal Palace.
‘I think the pair of them are great lads and they’re so committed and so professional. I’m sure they’ll keep staying committed throughout and they’re always here to help the team and they’re part of us at the minute, so we’ll keep enjoying it.’
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