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Tottenham striker Richarlison: Off-field side is getting to me

Tottenham striker Richarlison admits he will be seeking mental help when returning to London.

Richarlison was seen in tears after being substituted in Brazil's win against Bolivia.

Speaking to Globo, he said: "I'm going to go back to England, seek psychological help, from a psychologist, to work on my mind.

"On the field I'm a happy team player, I try to help as much as possible.

"Sometimes, things don't go the way we want. I think this part is a bit of the off-field side that ended up getting in my way.

"Even though you want to do things right, it ends up going wrong.

"I will continue to focus on the club, the storm has passed. I went through a turbulent time in the last five months off the field.

"Now things are right at home. People who only had an eye on my money walked away from me.

"Now things will start to flow, I'm sure I'll get a good run at Tottenham and make things happen again."

On his tears against Bolivia, he added: "That sad moment wasn't even because I played poorly, in my opinion I didn't play a bad game in Belem [a 5-1 win over Bolivia].

"It was more of an outburst about the things that were happening off the field, which got out of control not on my part, but on the part of people who were close to me.

"That's it, come back stronger… it's about getting a good streak at Tottenham, this week I'm going to sit down and talk."

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